Autoantibody production after cardiopulmonary bypass with special reference to postpericardiotomy syndrome

S A Webber; N J Wilson; M Y Fung; P N Malleson; R E Petty; M W Patterson; G G Sandor

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81907-9

Autoantibody production after cardiopulmonary bypass with special reference to postpericardiotomy syndrome

J Pediatr. 1992 Nov;121(5 Pt 1):744-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81907-9.

Authors

S A Webber¹, N J Wilson, M Y Fung, P N Malleson, R E Petty, M W Patterson, G G Sandor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

PMID: 1432426
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81907-9

Abstract

A prospective study of children undergoing open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass showed that many of them produced autoantibodies. No association was found between these antibodies, including anticardiolipin antibodies, and the occurrence of postpericardiotomy syndrome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / analysis
Autoantibodies / biosynthesis*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Muscle, Smooth / immunology
Postpericardiotomy Syndrome / immunology*
Prospective Studies
Reticulin / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Autoantibodies
Reticulin