[Lipid peroxidation and content of medium weight molecules in heart surgery with artificial blood circulation]

Malonic dialdehyde (MDA), level of medium-weight molecules, and chemiluminescence (CL) of the blood were evaluated in 24 coronary patients during and after aorto-mammary-coronary bypass operations. Time course of MDA concentration, content of medium-weight molecules, and CL extinction rate were similar in all the patients, but the values were higher in the patients with a complicated course of the postoperative period. Significant difference in CL intensity at the beginning of total anesthesia in patients with uneventful and complicated course of the postoperative period recommend this method for prediction of reperfusion complications. In further studies we intend to determine the diagnostically significant differences in the studied parameters and to distinguish the most informative parameters for each stage, for more effective prevention of oxidative stress in cardiosurgical patients subjected to aortocoronary bypass operations.