Cardiopulmonary bypass: development of John Gibbon's heart-lung machine.

OBJECTIVE: To provide a brief review of the development of cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS: A review of the literature on the development of extracorporeal circulation techniques, their essential role in cardiovascular surgery, and the complications associated with their use, including hemolysis and inflammation. RESULTS: The advancement of extracorporeal circulation techniques has played an essential role in minimizing the complications of cardiopulmonary bypass, which can range from various degrees of tissue injury to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Investigators have long researched the ways in which cardiopulmonary bypass may insult the human body. Potential solutions arose and laid the groundwork for development of safer postoperative care strategies. CONCLUSION: Steady progress has been made in cardiopulmonary bypass in the decades since it was first conceived of by Gibbon. Despite the constant evolution of cardiopulmonary bypass techniques and attempts to minimize their complications, it is still essential that clinicians respect the particularities of each patient's physiological function.

Cardiopulmonary bypass: development of John Gibbon's heart-lung machine / Circulação extracorpórea: desenvolvimento da máquina de coração-pulmão de John Gibbon

Abstract Objective: To provide a brief review of the development of cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods: A review of the literature on the development of extracorporeal circulation techniques, their essential role in cardiovascular surgery, and the complications associated with their use, including hemolysis and inflammation. Results: The advancement of extracorporeal circulation techniques has played an essential role in minimizing the complications of cardiopulmonary bypass, which can range from various degrees of tissue injury to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Investigators have long researched the ways in which cardiopulmonary bypass may insult the human body. Potential solutions arose and laid the groundwork for development of safer postoperative care strategies. Conclusion: Steady progress has been made in cardiopulmonary bypass in the decades since it was first conceived of by Gibbon. Despite the constant evolution of cardiopulmonary bypass techniques and attempts to minimize their complications, it is still essential that clinicians respect the particularities of each patient's physiological function. .

Resumo Objetivo: Relatar de forma simples e resumida o desenvolvimento da circulação extracorpórea. Métodos: Realizada revisão de literatura sobre a evolução da circulação extracorpórea, seu papel fundamental para cirurgia cardiovascular e as complicações que podem surgir após o seu uso, dentre elas, a hemólise e a inflamação. Resultados: O processo de desenvolvimento da circulação extracorpórea foi fundamental, diminuindo as complicações desencadeadas por ela, que acabam por repercutir no paciente, variando de lesões de graus variados até falência de múltiplos órgãos. Os pesquisadores estudaram quais as agressões que a circulação extracorpórea poderia suscitar no organismo humano. Possíveis soluções surgiram e, consequentemente, meios mais adequados para uma condução mais segura do pós-operatório foram propostas. Conclusão: A circulação extracorpórea progrediu a passos firmes e seguros ao longo destas últimas décadas desde a sua concepção por Gibbon. Apesar da sua evolução e das condutas realizadas na tentativa de amenizar as complicações, o respeito aos detalhes das funções fisiológicas do paciente é fundamental. .

Dawn of cardiac surgery in Japan.

Because of World War II, the development of closed heart surgery in Japan was delayed for several years. As far as open heart surgery was concerned, the tireless Japanese investigators in the early 1950s worked extremely hard to quickly catch up with the North Americans and Europeans. Looking back at the dawn of Japan's open heart surgery, we are impressed at how the investigators precisely reported their experiences as cited in this editorial, how many times they repeated their experiments prior to clinical application, and most importantly how cooperatively they worked as a group even in the very competitive environment.

The history of extracorporeal oxygenators.

Extracorporeal oxygenators are artificial devices that substitute for anatomical lungs by delivering oxygen to, and extracting carbon dioxide from, blood. They were first conceptualised by the English scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and developed into practical extracorporeal oxygenators by French and German experimental physiologists in the 19th century. Indeed, most of the extracorporeal oxygenators used until the late 1970s were derived from von Schroder's 1882 bubble oxygenator and Frey and Gruber's 1885 film oxygenator. As there is no intervening barrier between blood and oxygen, these are called 'direct contact' oxygenators; they contributed significantly to the development and practice of cardiac surgery till the 1980s. Membrane extracorporeal oxygenators introduce a gas-permeable interface between blood and oxygen. This greatly decreased the blood trauma of direct-contact extracorporeal oxygenators, and enabled extracorporeal oxygenators to be used in longer-term applications such as the intensive therapy of respiratory distress syndrome; this was demonstrably beneficial for neonates but less so for older patients. Much work since the 1960s focused on overcoming the gas exchange handicap of the membrane barrier, leading to the development of high-performance microporous hollow-fibre oxygenators that eventually replaced direct-contact oxygenators in cardiac theatres.

Development of the oxygenator: past, present, and future.

From the 1950s to the 1980s, the most widely used oxygenator in the clinical field was the disposable bubble oxygenator. However, membrane oxygenators have become the preferred clinical choice over the years. In the United States, membrane oxygenators used in cardiopulmonary bypass operations account for the majority of clinical oxygenator use. Membrane oxygenators have an equal capability for oxygenating venous blood compared with other type of oxygenators such as the bubble type and film type; however, the membrane oxygenator requires a smaller volume for priming to achieve a sufficient gas transfer rate and results in less blood trauma such as hemolysis because it uses a similar mechanism to the natural lung. In the 1980s, the first capillary-type oxygenator adopted the system of intracapillary blood perfusion. However, this induced high pressure resistance in the module and caused hemolysis. Thus, at present, capillary oxygenators commonly adopt the system of extracapillary blood perfusion. Microporous hollow-fiber membranes are primarily used for short-term cardiopulmonary bypass application, whereas nonmicroporous hollow-fiber membranes are primarily used for long-term extracorporeal membrane oxgenation application.

The evolution of the helical reservoir pump-oxygenator system at the University of Minnesota.

Open heart surgery was not possible before the early 1950s. The development of controlled cross-circulation at the University of Minnesota in 1953 was a major contributing factor toward operating safely on the interior of the heart. Cross-circulation required connecting a donor's arterial and venous blood vessels to those of a smaller recipient whose heart could then be opened for corrective surgery. At that time no mechanical system was available to serve the role of the donor. The need to replace the donor was recognized. The author describes his experience with the development of the helical reservoir bubble oxygenator, which replaced the donor in cross-circulation supported open heart surgery. Other sidelights of the author's experience during the early days of open heart surgery at the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery are also recounted.

The development of the modern oxygenator.

From 1953 when Gibbon first successfully supported a patient with extracorporeal circulation to about 1980 many different types of oxygenators were developed. Since their introduction in the early 1980s, microporous hollow fiber oxygenators with blood flow outside the fiber have become the dominant type of oxygenator in use. Their success has been due to both the ability to specify the required properties for a good oxygenator and the application of modern design tools, especially computational fluid dynamics, to the design process. The result has been the availability of many oxygenators from different manufacturers that differ to some extent in their performance but all of which provide adequate performance for successful and safe clinical use.

Development of pump-oxygenator systems and the origins of open-heart surgery: a personal memoir.

Intracardiac surgery requires the use of a pump-oxygenator to maintain life while the heart is taken out of its usual circuit. Open-heart surgery became practical with the introduction of perfusion systems in the early 1950s. Many factors merged at this time to initiate the beginnings of open-heart surgery.

Y de cómo se llegó finalmente a la cirugía a corazón abierto: un relato en 2 partes de pioneros, héroes y conquistadores del siglo pasado: parte II / How open heart surgery became a reality: a tale of pioneers, heroes and conquerors of the last century: part II

En la primera parte de este relato se dio cuenta de cómo los cirujanos, con perseverancia e imaginación, logran diseñar procedimientos quirúrgicos correctores para patologías extracardíacas y procedimientos paliativos para patologías intracardíacas, estableciendo la cirugía cardiovascular como una especialidad propiamente tal. En esta segunda parte revisaremos primero la etapa de la cirugía cardíarca cerrada, en especial la cirugía de la esteneosis mitral, destacando siempre la circunstancias que rodearon a estos cirujanos y las adversidades que debieron afrontar, para llegar finalmente a la cirugía de corazón abierto con circulación extracorpórea, como la conocemos en la actualidad, para lo que previamente fue necesario pasar por la cirugía cardíaca con hipotermia y luego con circulación cruzada controlada, en la que un "donante" humano sano, habitualmente el padre o la madre de un niño, servía como oxigenador

C. Walton and F. John.

This paper is a brief biography of two of the most important contributors to the development of open heart surgery. In 1952, John Lewis performed the first successful open heart surgical procedure of any kind, repairing an atrial septal defect under general hypothermia in a 5-year-old girl. In March 1954, Walt Lillehei, utilizing controlled cross circulation, embarked on a series of 45 consecutive patients. The bubble oxygenator appeared in 1955, and open heart surgery was introduced to many of this nation's major medical centers.