Litasova E E, Naroushvili T I, Beliaev A M, Karas'kov A M, Shun'kin A V, Piatakov B V
Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1990 Sep;145(9):6-9.
A method of cava-caval draining is described. Under study was the dynamics of changes of pressure in the vena cava superior in 22 patients with congenital heart diseases operated upon under conditions of nonperfusion deeper (25-25 degrees C) hypo-thermal defense of organism. It was established that after putting cava-caval drainage the pressure in the vena cava superior decreased from 15.7 +/- 0.8 mm Hg to 4.57 +/- 0.53 mm Hg with a simultaneous formation of blood depot in the system of vena cava inferior. The data obtained are thought to show that the method is a reliable method of prophylactics of occlusive venous hypertension of the brain in operations on the "dry" heart.
