Simultaneous use of argatroban and heparin during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Heparin is the routine anticoagulant for cardiopulmonary bypass, but complications due to heparin are often reported. This study assessed argatroban as an alternative to heparin. Normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with hemodilution was performed for 2 h in 15 dogs (mean weight, 9.8 kg) randomly assigned to 3 groups of 5 each. The controls were given heparin 200 IU x kg(-1) before cardiopulmonary bypass; group A had argatroban infused continuously at a rate of 20 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1); group H/A had half doses of both heparin (100 IU x kg(-1)) and argatroban (10 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)). Blood samples were collected at 5 time points during the experiment. Activated clotting time, hemoglobin level, platelet counts, and serum concentrations of fibrinogen, antithrombin III, and thrombin-antithrombin III complex were measured. The platelet count was reduced significantly, and the production of thrombin-antithrombin III complex was inhibited in group H/A. Activated clotting time remained <300 sec at all time points in group A, but it was maintained at approximately 400 sec in group H/A. Fibrinogen and antithrombin III levels were reduced to half in all groups after initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass. The simultaneous use of heparin and argatroban infusion might be useful for cardiopulmonary bypass with hemodilution.
Okamura
Toru
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjyuku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan. tokamura@hotmail.co.jp
Shin'oka
Toshiharu
T
Ishibashi
Nobuyuki
N
Ishii
Hikaru
H
Kurosawa
Hiromi
H
D000818:Animals; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D000990:Antithrombin III / Q000187:drug effects; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000187:drug effects; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000187:drug effects; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010875:Pipecolic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013917:Thrombin / Q000187:drug effects
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006454:Hemoglobins; D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000990:Antithrombin III; D005340:Fibrinogen; D006493:Heparin; D001120:Arginine; D013917:Thrombin; C031942:argatroban