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  • Title: [Complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass: mechanism and prevention].
    Author: Togashi K, Moro H, Nakazawa S, Okazaki H, Yazawa M, Eguchi S.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1989 Jul; 42(7):529-32. PubMed ID: 2796088.
    Abstract:
    The mechanism of complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass was studied for the prevention. In ten patients undergoing open-heart procedures, the serum levels of complement fractions (C3, C4, and C3 activator) were measured by a single radial immune diffusion method. In four of ten patients, the plasma levels of C3a, C4a, and C5a fractions were studied by the radioimmunoassay 2 antibodies method. The serum levels of C3, C4, and C3 activator decreased after cardiopulmonary bypass. The plasma levels of C3a, C4a, and C5a increased after bypass. The lower level of C3 activator shows that C3 activator was not excessively produced during cardiopulmonary bypass. Therefore it can be thought that much C4b2a from classical pathway as well as C3a over-production localizing extra-corporeal circuits and little inhibitors on alternative pathway resulted in increased complement activation. The prevention should be done from these etiologies.
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