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Intraoperative management of patients with carcinoid heart disease having valvular surgery: a review of one hundred consecutive cases.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17959940     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery for carcinoid heart disease is complicated by hemodynamic instability secondary to carcinoid crises, cardiovascular dysfunction, and blood loss. The safety of vasopressors and the benefit of aprotinin during concomitant octreotide administration are uncertain. METHODS: We reviewed the effects of vasopressors and aprotinin on octreotide administration and mortality by univariate analysis in 100 consecutive cases of cardiac surgery for carcinoid heart disease from 1985 to 2003. Because mortality declines were temporally related to the introduction of aprotinin, bivariate analyses were performed to identify other factors associated with mortality. RESULTS: Carcinoid symptoms and hypotension were treated with octreotide (n = 89) and/or vasopressors (n = 93). Vasopressors were not associated with increased octreotide administration. Patients requiring epinephrine had higher mortality but also had worse preoperative New York Heart Association class, higher urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels, and increased blood transfusion requirements. Aprotinin (n = 54) was associated with decreased blood transfusion requirements, increased octreotide administration, but not mortality. Overall mortality was 13%, declining from 28% between 1985 and 1994 to 6% between 1995 and 2003. Mortality was associated with greater blood transfusion requirements and longer duration of cardiopulmonary bypass. CONCLUSIONS: Vasopressors may be used in conjunction with octreotide in carcinoid patients. The increased mortality associated with epinephrine likely reflects selection bias rather than a primary adverse effect. The improved survival over time in carcinoid patients is multifactorial and unrelated to aprotinin administration, suggesting further inhibition of the kallikrein-kinin system has little added benefit for this outcome in the presence of octreotide.
Authors:
Toby N Weingarten; Martin D Abel; Heidi M Connolly; Darrell R Schroeder; Hartzell V Schaff
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Anesthesia and analgesia     Volume:  105     ISSN:  1526-7598     ISO Abbreviation:  Anesth. Analg.     Publication Date:  2007 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-25     Completed Date:  2007-12-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1310650     Medline TA:  Anesth Analg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1192-9, table of contents     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Blood Transfusion / trends
Carcinoid Heart Disease / drug therapy,  mortality,  surgery*
Cohort Studies
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / drug therapy,  mortality,  surgery*
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods*,  mortality,  trends*
Male
Middle Aged
Octreotide / therapeutic use
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate / trends
Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Vasoconstrictor Agents; 83150-76-9/Octreotide

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