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Bidirectional Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis With or Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Study

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Source URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocs.13149/full

Author(s)

Sachin Talwar, Anish Gupta, Ashima Nehra, Neeti Makhija, Poonam Malhotra Kapoor, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Balram Airan

Talwar and colleagues randomized 100 pediatric patients receiving bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis to on-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and off-CPB groups. Significantly lower anastomosis time, postoperative inotropic support, and ICU and hospital stay duration were observed in the off-CPB group. Although the study only addressed early outcomes, no short-term difference in neurocognitive measures was observed between groups.