[HSF] On pump beating heart

Ben Bidstrup benjamin.bidstrup at bigpond.com
Sun Feb 18 08:17:39 EST 2007


Don,
Can you give the reference for mating earth worms?


>Ani
>
>>
>>Could you please expand on your technique of 
>>'side to side' for an 'end to end' anastomosis.
>You can extend the reach of either ima by adding 
>artery or vein as a "composite graft"  For this 
>I always do a "side to side" by clipping the 
>blind ends of the grafts, making a slit in them 
>about twice the diameter of the smallest then 
>lay them side to side like mating earth worms 
>and whack them together leaving a wide clean 
>opening.  Often the blind ends are re clipped 
>close to the anastomosis to eliminate any cul de 
>sac.  I use a side to side technique for 
>coronaries as well.
>Go to   http://beating-heart.com/home.htm    and 
>click on "movies" to see a lima to lad "side to 
>side"
>>Where the RIMA is used as inflow, how long a 
>>stump do you have to use? Do you also construct 
>>the T-graft as a side to side?
>You can extend it from anywhere depending on its 
>size and whether you want to use the cut off 
>piece for another graft.
>The T graft is done "end to side" with the "end" 
>spatulated to achieve a long slit on the "side"
>>
>>Also could you broaden on why stability of 
>>angina and Left Main Disease should influence 
>>grafting configuration?
>I choose to use both imas if I believe there may 
>be a chance of hypo-perfusion. ie tight L main, 
>unstable angina on small imas.
>My logic is that if grafts are not likely to 
>have to supply critical blood flow immediately 
>the you can get away with one ima for inflow ( 
>remember the ima doesn't reach its full 
>potential for some time and has reduced flow in 
>the first 24 hours as well)
>  I have been burned in the early days of Tector 
>inspired lima T rima on pump from inadequate 
>inflow.
>Don
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Ani
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Donald Ross<mailto:donross at bigpond.com>
>>   To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com<mailto:OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com>
>>   Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:56 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [HSF] On pump beating heart
>>
>>
>>   Giuseppi,
>>   Non-aortic inflow, is the key to brain safe opcab or oncab and I
>>   applaud your use of the rima for that purpose. One of my colleagues
>>   often attaches the radial to it proximally and uses the distal piece
>>   for the Cx as  T graft from the lima.
>>
>>   I have occasionally used the rima as the inflow for composite grafts
>>   ( via transverse sinus) and have also had an anastomotic stenosis
>>   using the and to end technique. I now, always do a side to side
>>   anastomosis in this situation which I believe is fool proof. ( Very
>>   necessary for me! )
>>   My preferred configuration, however,  which covers most
>>   contingencies  is to use the rima for the LAD and the lima for Cx as
>>   well as  inflow for a T graft to the rest of the heart.
>>     If the angina is stable and there is no L main I just use a lima
>>   plus T graft.
>>   Don
>>
>>
>>   On 17/02/2007, at 12:49 AM, Giuseppe Rescigno wrote:
>>
>>>Don,
>>>I know that is not so orthodox, but in these pts I use the proximal
>>>part of the RIMA as inflow for the sequential vein graft (T-T). I
>>>wrote a paper on a few cases that was published in the HSF. At that
>>>time I had no flowmeter but I had good results from a clinical
>>>standpoint. In a recent case the pt had ST depression in the ICU, I
>>>asked to restudy the patient and there was a stenosis at the
>>>anastomotic site. I reopened the chest and I redid the anastomosis
>>>after a low dose heparin. Everything was OK. This technique is
>>>useful because there is no risk to jeopardize the LIMA-LAD. I would
>>>really appreciate the opinions from all of you.
>>>
>>>Giuseppe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Giuseppe Rescigno M.D.
>>>Cardiothoracic Surgeon
>>>
>>>Lancisi Hospital
>>>Torrette - Ancona
>>>Italy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Friday, February 16, 2007, at 12:32PM, "Donald Ross"
>>><donross at bigpond.com<mailto:donross at bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>>>Hey, Ed you could go the whole hog (or roo) and hang everything to
>>>>the imas.
>>>>In some folks it is hard to fond a soft spot.
>>>>Don
>>>>On 16/02/2007, at 10:13 AM, Edward Bender wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I echo Johns praise, Roberto.  In some of my patients where the
>>>>>aorta is heavily calcified, the is one spot somewhere on the aorta
>>>>>that is soft.  I use epi-aortic ultrasound, and, if no exophytic
>>>>>plaque, will use the heartstring device to sew on the top end
>>>>>(sorry for my acquired Aussie idiom).
>>>>>
>>>>>Ed Bender, MD
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Feb 15, 2007, at 4:43 PM, 
>>>>>rowlesjohn at aol.com<mailto:rowlesjohn at aol.com> 
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Roberto
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Your operation for this elderly, high risk gentleman is a classic
>>>>>>example of the less is more philosophy to facilitate an excellent
>>>>>>outcome. Did the heart distend during the fibrillation and if so,
>>>>>>how was it managed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>John Rowles
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: battr at medizin.uni-leipzig.de<mailto:battr at medizin.uni-leipzig.de>
>>>>>>To: OpenHeart-L at hsforum.com<mailto:OpenHeart-L at hsforum.com>
>>>>>>Sent: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 9:36 AM
>>>>>>Subject: AW: [HSF] On pump beating heart
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Today I have done our N° 50 case of sever atherosclerotic aorta +
>>>>>>2-3 vessel
>>>>>>disease. The patient , 83 years old, was unstable, and with 3
>>>>>>vessel disease
>>>>>>+ left main, MI I grade. In TEE we recognized MI II grade. I
>>>>>>canulated the
>>>>>>axyllary artery, as the whole aorta was calcified. Went on pump,
>>>>>>did
>>>>>>LIMA-LAD and veins to obtuse marginal and RCA. The heart
>>>>>>fibrillated by
>>>>>>doing the obtuse marginal, after which could be easily
>>>>>>defibrillated. I
>>>>>>anastomosed the veins to the innominate artery (truncus) at 34
>>>>>>degrees.
>>>>>>Sorry, Hal, I did not touch the Mitral.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>He came out of pump without drugs, he is now awake at ICU waiting
>>>>>>to be
>>>>>>extubated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I remembered that email from Tea, and want to know what is he
>>>>>>doing in these
>>>>>>cases. Hal, would you have done aortic replacement on DHCA to just
>>>>>>access to
>>>>>>the mitral?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We presented our experience last week with 49 cases in Hamburg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Roberto
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   _____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Von: 
>>>>>>OpenHeart-L at hsforum.com<mailto:OpenHeart-L at hsforum.com> 
>>>>>>[mailto:OpenHeart-L at hsforum.com] Im
>>>>>>Auftrag von
>>>>>>Tea Acuff
>>>>>>Gesendet: Montag, 22. Juli 2002 15:23
>>>>>>An: OpenHeart-L
>>>>>>Betreff: Re: [HSF] On pump beating heart
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just a few clarifications.  I have experienced acute ischemia (or
>>>>>>at least
>>>>>>what we attribute to be acute ischemia). My point is not that
>>>>>>never occurs,
>>>>>>but it is that I am very poor at predicting when it will occur and
>>>>>>have been
>>>>>>amazed at the cases it did not (since I violate most of the
>>>>>>"rules").  If I
>>>>>>am suspicious, I will precondition as a test (which frequently
>>>>>>passes), I
>>>>>>don't like to shunt. I pace the RCA if necessary. If I can't
>>>>>>position an
>>>>>>important vessel, I will add RV support or CPB.  I think that a
>>>>>>beating
>>>>>>heart techique "de-embolizes" the vessel much better than
>>>>>>retrograde
>>>>>>cardioplegia for redo's and avoids a sometimes difficult cross
>>>>>>clamp.  We
>>>>>>should think first beating heart and secondarily off pump unless
>>>>>>there is a
>>>>>>specific reason to avoid the pump eg bad aorta, bad lungs,
>>>>>>emergency on
>>>>>>anticoagulants,etc.
>>>>>>Tea Acuff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In a message dated 7/21/02 6:02:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
>>>>>>mkcd at comcast.net<mailto:mkcd at comcast.net> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On pump and full Myocardial arrest although there are several
>>>>>>surgeons who
>>>>>>advocate going on pump for hemodynamic support then doing beating
>>>>>>heart
>>>>>>assisted. Anyone with this approach care to share your experience
>>>>>>with us ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mercedes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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