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. 2022 Jan-Mar;25(1):54-60.
doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_220_20.

Clinical outcomes of del nido cardioplegia and st thomas blood cardioplegia in neonatal congenital heart surgery

Sameer Mohammed  1 , Sabarinath Menon  1 , Shrinivas V Gadhinglajkar  2 , Sudip D Baruah  1 , Soumya V Ramanan  1 , K Arun Gopalakrishnan  3 , P R Suneel  2 , Baiju S Dharan  1
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Clinical outcomes of del nido cardioplegia and st thomas blood cardioplegia in neonatal congenital heart surgery

Sameer Mohammed et al. Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: Cardioplegia is essential for adequate myocardial protection. There continues to remain ambiguity regarding the ideal cardioplegia for adequate myocardial protection in congenital heart surgery. This study compares clinical outcomes using St Thomas II solution and Del Nido cardioplegia in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.

Methods: All neonates (<30 days) from 2011 to 2017 who underwent surgery requiring cardioplegic arrest were analyzed retrospectively. We divided the cohort into two groups depending on cardioplegia received, as group A (Blood cardioplegia with St Thomas II solution, n = 56) and group B (Del Nido cardioplegia, n = 48). Various demographic, intraoperative, early postoperative, and discharge variables were analyzed.

Results: Two groups were similar in age, gender, pre-operative diagnosis, and risk category. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time (P = 0.002), aortic cross-clamp (ACC) time (P = 0.018), and the number of doses of cardioplegia (P < 0.001) were significantly lower with Del Nido group. Though vasoactive inotropic score (VIS) (P = 0.036) was high during the first 24 h in the immediate postoperative period in group A, there was no difference in early mortality among both groups (P = 0.749). Both groups did not show significant differences related to various postoperative and discharge variables.

Conclusion: When compared to St. Thomas solution, the use of Del Nido cardioplegia solution in neonates is associated with a significant decrease in CPB and ACC times and VIS in the first 24 h after surgery. The choice of cardioplegia (St Thomas/Del Nido) in neonates does not affect early mortality and early postoperative clinical outcomes.

Keywords: Clinical outcomes; Del Nido cardioplegia; St Thomas blood cardioplegia; neonatal congenital heart surgery; vasoactive ionotropic score.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Comparison of CPB and ACC time (min) among both groups. ACC – Aortic cross clamp, CPB – Cardio pulmonary bypass
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Figure 2
Kaplan-Meier curve showing survival trend in both groups
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