The effect of left heart bypass on pulmonary blood flow and arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation in patients undergoing descending thoracic aortic surgery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Koichi YukiYoshinari Niimi

Abstract

To study the effect of left heart bypass (LHB) on regional pulmonary blood flow and arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (OLV). Prospective, observational study Operating room 14 ASA physical status II and III patients scheduled to undergo descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery using LHB. Parameters studied during OLV with 100% oxygen before and during LHB mean arterial pressure, heart rate, pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, central venous pressure, cardiac index, cardiac output, arterial oxygen tension (PaO(2)), mixed venous oxygen pressure, alveolar arterial oxygen difference (P((A-a)O2)), and right upper pulmonary venous flow (RUPVF). Right upper pulmonary venous flow was measured using transesophageal echocardiography. With the transition to OLV, there was a significant decrease in PaO(2) and a significant increase in P((A-a)O2). However once LHB was initiated, these values improved significantly (P = 0.0007 and 0.0004, respectively) with the simultaneous increase in RUPVF (P = 0.0018). LHB improved pulmonary blood flow to the dependent lung and arterial oxygenation during OLV in descending thoracic aortic surgery.

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Nov 19, 2010·Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology·Seiji Ishikawa, Jens Lohser

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