• Takeshi Saito, Osamu Namura, Takayuki Honma, and Jun-Ichi Hayashi.
• Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata City 951-8510, Japan. saito@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2010 Apr 1;37(4):975-7.

AbstractHereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominantly inherited deficiency of C1-inhibitor, and it is an extremely rare condition. During surgery, oedema can be induced by a variety of stresses, and a high mortality rate has been reported. Since open-heart surgery involves cardiopulmonary bypass, the inflammatory response and complement activity are increased, meaning that an even greater risk can be anticipated. Perhaps for this reason, the only reports to date of cases of open-heart surgery have been cases of short-term cardiopulmonary bypass or off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We provide the first report of long-term cardiopulmonary bypass (longer than 5h) for open-heart surgery in a patient with HAE that did not result in any postoperative decline in respiratory function, systemic oedema, laryngeal oedema or similar complications, and a favourable outcome was obtained.Copyright (c) 2009 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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