[HSF] On pump beating heart

Ani Anyanwu anianyanwu at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 1 06:42:17 EST 2007


Actually I did look at the thread - "On-pump beating heart" it did not say "off-pump" - somewhere however the thread dot derailed by the OPCAB movement to discuss OPCAB in the poor LV! On-pump beating heart is indeed a modality for treating the poor LV and also lends itself to adjunctive procedures, as a Dor, mitral and trcuspid could also be done this way.

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: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:53 AM
  Subject: Re: [HSF] On pump beating heart


  Hey, Ani , look at the thread:   "On pump beating heart"
  If there is an aneurysm or localised dead heart or MR  opcabers  
  quickly become oncabers.
  Don
  On 01/03/2007, at 1:59 PM, Ani Anyanwu wrote:

  > One problem I see with advocating aggressive regimes for  
  > accomplishing Off-pump revascularization in the sick ventricle with  
  > low EF is that it diverts this away from surgery for heart failure  
  > (which it is) to surgery for angina or MI prophylaxis (which it  
  > isn't).
  >
  > The drive to do OPCAB in these patients results in a new group of  
  > under-treated heart failure patients. The treatment of these  
  > patients is often multimodal and not infrequently should include  
  > mitral valve repair and sometimes LV remodeling or tricuspid valve  
  > repair even. By pursuing OPCAB with zeal in this group I suspect  
  > some surgeons are under-treating the associated lesions. As a  
  > transplant surgeon, I see patients now and then who have had CABG  
  > (on or off) and had the mitral neglected and progressed in heart  
  > failure, with essentially a wasted operation. My view is if a  
  > patient needs an IABP overnight to accomplish an OPCAB then he is  
  > probably having the wrong operation.
  >
  > Ani
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: David Harris<mailto:drdharris at yahoo.co.uk<mailto:drdharris at yahoo.co.uk>>
  >   To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com<mailto:OpenHeart<mailto:OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com%3Cmailto:OpenHeart>- 
  > L at lists.hsforum.com<mailto:L at lists.hsforum.com>>
  >   Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:56 PM
  >   Subject: Re: [HSF] On pump beating heart
  >
  >
  >   I agree with pre-op balloon in all these patients with
  >   EF around 20. I think you have only one chance with
  >   these patients. Then you can see if you can do them
  >   off pump, and if not, do them beating on pump. The
  >   timing of the balloon is important, they need at least
  >   overnight, but no longer. Some low dose dobutamine
  >   also helps, and by the time the operation time comes
  >   around, the heart has decreased in size. Another
  >   choice for all left side vessels is to do it all
  >   through a thoracotomy, so you need not displace the
  >   heart and cause hemodynamic chaos. Proximal grafts
  >   onto the left subclavian can also classify this as an
  >   `anaortic` CABG
  >
  >
  >   --- Donald Ross <donross at bigpond.com<mailto:donross at bigpond.com<mailto:donross at bigpond.com%3Cmailto:donross at bigpond.com>>>  
  > wrote:
  >
  >> Ben,
  >> Can't agree; if that was the case the problem would
  >> come on earlier.
  >> The lad grafts take ~ 5min including placement of
  >> shunt. Check out
  >> the "real time lima to LAD "at "movies " at
  >>   beating-heart.com hardly long enough to bother a
  >> myocyte.  Can't do
  >> much about the anaesthetic unless you practice in
  >> India where
  >> epidurals suffice.
  >> I think the diastolic augmentation of the balloon
  >> helps to  belt
  >> blood down spasmy imas.
  >> Don
  >> On 28/02/2007, at 7:21 PM, Ben Bidstrup wrote:
  >>
  >>> I think it is more than that. In poor LVs even a
  >> small amount of
  >>> depression by transient ischaemia to the LAD
  >> despite shunts can
  >>> lead to the need for more support. There is likely
  >> to be some
  >>> oedema after revascularisation, and the impact of
  >> anaesthesia needs
  >>> consideration also.
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>> Prasanna,
  >>>> I did talk to Dr Bhattacharya at the meeting in
  >> Mumbai, I now know
  >>>> since my registrar confirmed his distinguished
  >> appearance.
  >>>> He must be slick to use the RIMA exclusively for
  >> his T graft .
  >>>> He did, however mention that he uses the balloon
  >> for sick hearts
  >>>> which perhaps is the reason for his 100% record.
  >>>> Now that I am reminded of this I will do the same
  >> for my next <20%
  >>>> EF patient since the last two done bh on pump
  >> needed post op
  >>>> balloons... not immediately but after a few
  >> hours. I suspect the
  >>>> reason relates to  transient  ima hypoperfusion
  >> which intolerant
  >>>> of the  low mean pressure of some low EF hearts.
  >>>> Don
  >>>> On 27/02/2007, at 11:49 PM, prasannasimha wrote:
  >>>>
  >>>>> He practices in Mumbai.(He visits multiple
  >> hospitals including
  >>>>> Breach Candy hospital etc)
  >>>>> Prasanna
  >>>>> Donald Ross wrote:
  >>>>>> Prasanna,
  >>>>>> Who publishes series of individual cases no
  >> matter how pretty
  >>>>>> the clinical results?
  >>>>>> Even if they are put into print many wont
  >> believe them ( Hal et
  >>>>>> al ) or take any notice unless there has been
  >> some some attempt
  >>>>>> at science, some hypothesis formulated , some
  >> conclusion to be
  >>>>>> elucidated.
  >>>>>> This wonderful surgeon/orchestral conductor
  >> can't publish his
  >>>>>> beautiful playing.
  >>>>>> All one can do is to take your advice and visit
  >> the man.
  >>>>>> So, where does he work?
  >>>>>> Don
  >>>>>> PS I thought he used a balloon instead of
  >> bypass in crook cases
  >>>>>> which I believe is probably more morbid than
  >> cpb.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> On 27/02/2007, at 10:45 PM, prasannasimha
  >> wrote:
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>>> The worst possible scenario is a person
  >> wanting to complete a
  >>>>>>> 100 % OPCAB experience in time for a
  >> conference etc and
  >>>>>>> refusing to go on pump or at least institute
  >> an IABP while the
  >>>>>>> heart is demanding it !!. Saying this, in
  >> isolated CABG's not
  >>>>>>> in cardiogenic shock, inability to displace
  >> the heart during
  >>>>>>> OPCAB is more often an expression of failure
  >> of the surgeon -
  >>>>>>> anesthesiologist team to understand what is
  >> going on.
  >>>>>>> You should see Dr Bhattacharya doing a
  >> multivessel total
  >>>>>>> arterial revascularization on a 10 - 15 % EF
  >> heart being done
  >>>>>>> effortlessly to believe it. He has probably
  >> the worlds largest
  >>>>>>> "individual surgeon" series of OPCAB's and
  >> unfortunately the
  >>>>>>> blessed man doesn't publish. Watching him do
  >> an OPCAB is  like
  >>>>>>> seeing an orchestra play.
  >>>>>>> Prasanna
  >>>>>>>
  >>>>>>> Ani Anyanwu wrote:
  >>>>>>>> Off-pump surgery is sometimes also a crime
  >> against the human -
  >>>>>>>> I have seen several cases where the heart, or
  >> the entire
  >>>>>>>> patient, has suffered because of reluctance
  >> and refusal of the
  >>>>>>>> surgeon to accept conversion to CPB. It cuts
  >> both ways (some
  >>>>>>>> patients also suffer by having on-pump CABG).
  >> We should not be
  >>>>>>>> evangelists for a technique but for the
  >> patient. The patient
  >>>>>>>> couldn't care less whether we used CPB or not
  >> - all they want
  >>>>>>>> is a lasting operation at low risk so our
  >> primary aim should
  >>>>>>>> be to deliver this goal.
  >>>>>>>>
  >>>>>>>> Ani
  >>>>>>>>   ----- Original Message -----   From:
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  >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:09 AM
  >>>>>>>>   Subject: Re: [HSF] On pump beating heart
  >>>>>>>>
  >>>>>>>>
  >>>>>>>>   Who said it is?. It is not a crime against
  >> humanity but in
  >>>>>>>> some cases it is a   crime against a human.
  >> The   heart lung
  >>>>>>>> machine is a tool among many others,   very
  >> frequently a very
  >>>>>>>> important one. But it is not some holy grail
  >> either. We   use
  >>>>>>>> it when we need it, for CABG this is not so
  >> common, then the
  >>>>>>>> stabilizer   is a better tool in my humble
  >> opinion.
  >>>>>>>>
  >>>>>>>>
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