Emergency manual systemic-to-pulmonary artery autotransfusion for severe cyanotic spell

Shyam S Kothari; Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan; Akshay K Bisoi

doi:10.1002/ccd.23053

Emergency manual systemic-to-pulmonary artery autotransfusion for severe cyanotic spell

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Aug 1;78(2):280-1. doi: 10.1002/ccd.23053. Epub 2011 Jun 6.

Authors

Shyam S Kothari¹, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Akshay K Bisoi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. kothariss@rediffmail.com

PMID: 21648051
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23053

Abstract

Cyanotic spell is an important complication of tetralogy of Fallot. We report a simple, innovative method that bailed out a patient with life-threatening, refractory cyanotic spell in the catheterization laboratory. Manual autotransfusion of blood from aorta into the pulmonary arteries resulted in significant clinical improvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aorta / physiopathology*
Blood Transfusion, Autologous / methods*
Cyanosis / etiology
Cyanosis / physiopathology
Cyanosis / therapy*
Emergencies
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Circulation*
Regional Blood Flow
Severity of Illness Index
Tetralogy of Fallot / complications
Tetralogy of Fallot / physiopathology
Tetralogy of Fallot / therapy*
Treatment Outcome