Kardiol Pol
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Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children with congenital heart disease induces a systemic inflammatory response. This inflammatory response is thought to be produced by exposing patients to proinflammatory factors. ⋯ Cardiac surgery causes an increase of IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations in peripheral blood 4 hours after CPB termination. The concentration of anti-inflammatory IL-10 cytokine increases immediately after the end of CPB. We showed an increase of the MMP-2 and MMP-9 concentrations during and after CPB and simultaneous decrease of TIMP-1 inhibitor. We demonstrated a link between CPB duration and IL-6 and MMP-9 concentrations.
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A case of a 48-year-old woman with a comminuted fracture of the left tibia and receiving prophylactic doses of nadroparin, with massive pulmonary embolism mimicking ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and complicated by cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest, is presented. Pulmonary angiography showed total right pulmonary artery occlusion. Intraarterial thrombolysis with reduced dose of alteplase (50 mg), platelet GP IIb/IIIa blockade with eptifibatide, endovascular embolus fragmentation with a pigtail rotation catheter, and rescue pulmonary balloon angioplasty were performed, after which complete recovery was achieved. On day 4 of hospitalisation the patient was transferred to the orthopaedic ward where she underwent uneventful tibial surgery.