Overview
This prospective observational study evaluates the effects of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MIECC) and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass on systemic inflammatory response in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Adult patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery will be observed according to the extracorporeal circulation technique used during surgery. Systemic inflammation will be assessed using routinely available hematologic inflammatory indices, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII). These parameters will be evaluated preoperatively, at postoperative 6 hours, at postoperative 24 hours, and at hospital discharge. The study will also evaluate selected perioperative and postoperative clinical outcomes in order to compare the inflammatory response associated with MIECC and conventional extracorporeal circulation.
Description
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed with cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with activation of systemic inflammatory pathways. Contact of blood with the extracorporeal circuit, surgical trauma, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and perioperative factors may contribute to this response. Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation systems are designed to reduce blood-air contact, circuit surface area, and hemodilution and may therefore attenuate the inflammatory response compared with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass.
In this prospective observational study, patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery will be evaluated according to whether minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation or conventional extracorporeal circulation is used during surgery. No treatment assignment will be made by the study protocol.
Inflammatory response will be assessed using neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune-inflammation index calculated from routinely obtained laboratory measurements. Measurements will be evaluated preoperatively, at 6 hours after surgery, at 24 hours after surgery, and at hospital discharge. Perioperative variables and postoperative clinical outcomes will also be recorded for comparison between the two groups.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 30-70 years
- Patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Patients in whom cardiopulmonary bypass is planned
- Written informed consent obtained
Exclusion Criteria:
- Emergency surgery
- Redo cardiac surgery
- Concomitant valve surgery
- Previous open heart surgery
- Preoperative renal and/or hepatic failure
- Malignancy
- Active infection or inflammatory disease-
