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Sánchez-Conde P, Rodríguez-López JM, Nicolás JL, Lozano FS, García-Criado FJ, Cascajo C, González-Sarmiento R, Muriel C. The comparative abilities of propofol and sevoflurane to modulate inflammation and oxidative stress in the kidney after aortic cross-clamping. Anesth Analg 2008; 106:371-8, table of contents. [PMID: 18227287 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318160580b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Propofol has been reported to provide protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NFkappaB) plays a key role in oxidative stress and the inflammatory response during ischemia-reperfusion. We compared the effect of propofol with sevoflurane on kidney NFkappaB expression and systemic inflammatory responses induced by aortic clamping. METHODS Twenty piglets were divided into four groups: sham surgery group with propofol (group SP, n = 5); sham group with sevoflurane (group SS, n = 5); and suprarenal clamping for 30 min with aorta-aortic bypass under propofol (group CP, n = 5) or sevoflurane (group CS, n = 5) anesthesia. Propofol was administered at 4 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1) i.v. and sevoflurane given at 1.5% inspiratory concentration. Peripheral blood and kidney biopsies were taken before the start of surgery, 15 min after unclamping the aorta, 24, 48, 72 h, and 7 days after surgery. Plasma creatinine, myeloperoxidase, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 1-beta; and kidney superoxide anion and superoxidase dismutase were measured. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and renal tissue NFkappaB was measured using Western blotting. RESULTS Compared with the CS group, animals in the CP group had lower concentrations of myeloperoxidase, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 1beta, superoxide anion, superoxidase dismutase (P < 0.05) from 24 to 72 h after surgery and diminished NFkappaB expression and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity (P < 0.05) at 48 and 72 h after surgery, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Compared with sevoflurane, propofol administration during suprarenal aortic clamping and unclamping led to modulation of markers of inflammation and decreased NFkappaB expression.
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- Pilar Sánchez-Conde
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Capone ML, Tacconelli S, Francesco LD, Petrelli M, Patrignani P. Cardiovascular effects of valdecoxib: transducing human pharmacology results into clinical read-outs. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2008; 7:29-42. [DOI: 10.1517/14740338.7.1.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Marta L Capone
- Universitàdi Chieti ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ;
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- Universitàdi Chieti ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ;
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- Universitàdi Chieti ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ;
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- Universitàdi Chieti ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ;
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- Universitàdi Chieti ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ;
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Zoniporide preserves left ventricular compliance during ventricular fibrillation and minimizes postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction through benefits on energy metabolism. Crit Care Med 2007; 35:2329-36. [PMID: 17944021 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000280569.87413.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform-1 (NHE-1) inhibition attenuates myocardial injury during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation through effects on energy metabolism, using an open-chest pig model in which coronary perfusion was controlled by extracorporeal circulation. DESIGN Randomized controlled animal study. SETTING University research laboratory. SUBJECTS Male domestic pigs. INTERVENTIONS Ventricular fibrillation was electrically induced and left untreated for 8 mins, after which extracorporeal circulation was started and its flow adjusted to maintain a coronary perfusion pressure of 10 mm Hg. After 10 mins of extracorporeal circulation, restoration of spontaneous circulation was attempted by epicardial defibrillation and gradual reduction in extracorporeal flow. Two groups of eight pigs each were randomized to receive the NHE-1 inhibitor zoniporide (3 mg.kg-1) or vehicle control immediately before starting extracorporeal circulation. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Identical extracorporeal flows (approximately = 9% of baseline cardiac index) were required in zoniporide and control groups to attain the target coronary perfusion pressure, resulting in comparable left anterior descending coronary artery blood flow (9 +/- 1 and 10 +/- 1 mL.min-1) and resistance (0.10 +/- 0.01 and 0.10 +/- 0.01 dyne.sec.cm(-5)). Yet zoniporide prevented reductions in left ventricular volume and wall thickening while favoring higher myocardial creatine phosphate to creatine ratios (0.14 +/- 0.03 vs. 0.06 +/- 0.01, p < .05), lower myocardial adenosine (0.7 +/- 0.1 vs. 1.3 +/- 0.2, p < .05), and lower myocardial lactate (80 +/- 9 vs. 125 +/- 6 mmol.kg-1, p < .001). Postresuscitation, zoniporide-treated pigs had higher left ventricular ejection fraction (0.57 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.29 +/- 0.05, p < .05) and higher cardiac index (4.8 +/- 0.4 vs. 3.4 +/- 0.2 L.min-1.m-2, p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Zoniporide ameliorated myocardial injury during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation through beneficial effects on energy metabolism without effects on coronary vascular resistance and coronary blood flow.
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Suleiman MS, Zacharowski K, Angelini GD. Inflammatory response and cardioprotection during open-heart surgery: the importance of anaesthetics. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 153:21-33. [PMID: 17952108 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Open-heart surgery triggers an inflammatory response that is largely the result of surgical trauma, cardiopulmonary bypass, and organ reperfusion injury (e.g. heart). The heart sustains injury triggered by ischaemia and reperfusion and also as a result of the effects of systemic inflammatory mediators. In addition, the heart itself is a source of inflammatory mediators and reactive oxygen species that are likely to contribute to the impairment of cardiac pump function. Formulating strategies to protect the heart during open heart surgery by attenuating reperfusion injury and systemic inflammatory response is essential to reduce morbidity. Although many anaesthetic drugs have cardioprotective actions, the diversity of the proposed mechanisms for protection (e.g. attenuating Ca(2+) overload, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, pre- and post-conditioning-like protection) may have contributed to the slow adoption of anaesthetics as cardioprotective agents during open heart surgery. Clinical trials have suggested at least some cardioprotective effects of volatile anaesthetics. Whether these benefits are relevant in terms of morbidity and mortality is unclear and needs further investigation. This review describes the main mediators of myocardial injury during open heart surgery, explores available evidence of anaesthetics induced cardioprotection and addresses the efforts made to translate bench work into clinical practice.
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- Bristol Heart Institute and Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Bristol Royal Infirmary, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Singh D, Kolarova JD, Wang S, Ayoub IM, Gazmuri RJ. Myocardial protection by erythropoietin during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation. Am J Ther 2007; 14:361-8. [PMID: 17667212 DOI: 10.1097/01.pap.0000249957.35673.f0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human recombinant erythropoietin (rhEPO) can protect the myocardium during ischemia and reperfusion. We investigated whether rhEPO could ameliorate previously identified functional myocardial abnormalities that develop during resuscitation from cardiac arrest, using a rat model of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and closed-chest resuscitation. VF was electrically induced and maintained, untreated, for 10 minutes. Chest compression and ventilation were then started and electrical defibrillation was attempted 8 minutes later. Rats were randomized to receive rhEPO (5000 U/kg) in the right atrium at baseline, 15 minutes before induction of VF (rhEPOBL -15-min), or at 10 minutes of VF, immediately before the start of chest compression (rhEPOVF 10-min), or to receive 0.9% NaCl solution instead (control). rhEPO given at the time of resuscitation (rhEPOVF 10-min group) -- but not at baseline -- prompted more effective chest compression, yielding higher coronary perfusion pressures for a given compression depth (1.95 +/- 0.27 mm Hg/mm; P < 0.05 in comparison with rhEPOBL -15-min [1.63 +/- 0.23 mm Hg/mm] and control [1.62 +/- 0.26 mm Hg/mm], by Dunnett's multicomparison method). Post-resuscitation, rats in the rhEPOVF 10-min group displayed higher mean aortic pressure associated with numerically higher cardiac index, stroke work index, and systemic vascular resistance index. rhEPO may rapidly induce myocardial protection during resuscitation from cardiac arrest.
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- Dinesh Singh
- Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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Landoni G, Calabrò MG, Marchetti C, Bignami E, Scandroglio AM, Dedola E, De Luca M, Tritapepe L, Crescenzi G, Zangrillo A. Desflurane Versus Propofol in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2007; 21:672-7. [PMID: 17905272 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Myocardial ischemic damage is reduced by volatile anesthetics in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but it is unknown whether this benefit exists in patients undergoing valvular surgery with ischemia-reperfusion injury related to cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass. This study compared cardiac troponin release in patients receiving either volatile anesthetics or total intravenous anesthesia for mitral valve surgery. DESIGN Randomized controlled study. SETTING University hospital. PARTICIPANTS One hundred twenty patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. INTERVENTIONS Fifty-nine patients received the volatile anesthetic desflurane for 30 minutes before cardiopulmonary bypass, whereas 61 patients received a total intravenous anesthetic with propofol. All patients had an opioid-based anesthetic for the mitral valve surgery. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Peak postoperative troponin I release was measured as a marker of myocardial necrosis after mitral valve surgery. Patient mean age was 60 years, and 54% were men. There was no significant (p = 0.7) reduction in median (25th-75th percentiles) postoperative peak troponin, 11.0 (7.5-17.4) ng/dL in the desflurane group versus 11.5 (6.9-18.0) ng/dL in the propofol group. A subgroup of patients with concomitant coronary artery disease had the expected reduction (p = 0.02) of peak troponin I in those receiving desflurane, 14.0 (9.7-17.3) ng/dL, when compared with patients receiving total intravenous anesthesia, 31.6 (15.7-52.0) ng/dL. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial damage measured by cardiac troponin release was not reduced by volatile anesthetics in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, whereas it was reduced in patients with concomitant coronary artery disease.
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- Giovanni Landoni
- Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italia e Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Wei H, Liang G, Yang H. Isoflurane preconditioning inhibited isoflurane-induced neurotoxicity. Neurosci Lett 2007; 425:59-62. [PMID: 17723266 PMCID: PMC2072048 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The commonly used inhaled anesthetic isoflurane has been shown to be both neuroprotective and neurotoxic in various cell cultures and animal models. We hypothesize that, like cerebral ischemia, isoflurane is inherently neurotoxic. Limited exposure of isoflurane provides neuroprotection via induction of endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms (preconditioning), while prolonged exposure of isoflurane induces neurotoxicity directly by its inherent neurotoxic effects. To test this hypothesis, we treated rat primary cortical neurons at different days in vitro (DIV) and rat pheochromocytoma neurosecretory (PC12) cells with or without Alzheimer's mutated presenilin-1 (PS1) with 2.4% isoflurane for 24 h to induce cell damage determined by both MTT (3-(4,5-dimethyithiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide) reduction and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) release assays. For isoflurane preconditioning, we treated the above cells with isoflurane at 0.6%, 1.2% and 2.4% for 60 min, 4 h prior to a prolonged exposure of 2.4% isoflurane for 24 h. One hour of preconditioning with isoflurane dose-dependently inhibited neurotoxicity induced by 2.4% isoflurane for 24 h in both primary cortical neurons and PC12 cells. This neuroprotection was most dramatically observed in matured cortical neurons (DIV 16) and PC12 cells with over expression of Alzheimer's mutated PS1 (L286V). Preconditioning L286V PC12 cells with equivalent two minimal alveolar concentrations (MAC) of halothane (1.5%), but not sevoflurane (4%), also abolished the neurotoxicity induced by 2.4% isoflurane for 24 h. Overall, these results suggest that isoflurane may be both neuroprotective and neurotoxic, depending on the exposure concentrations and duration.
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- Huafeng Wei
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, 305 John Morgan Building, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Increasing experimental evidence is indicating that volatile anesthetic agents may exert direct cardioprotective effects. They have been shown to directly precondition or indirectly enhance ischemic preconditioning. This results in protection against reversible and irreversible ischemic myocardial damage. In addition, volatile anesthetics also decrease the extent of the reperfusion injury when administered only during the reperfusion period. The implementation of these properties during clinical anesthesia might provide an additional tool in the treatment and prevention of ischemic cardiac dysfunction in the perioperative period. RECENT FINDINGS In clinical practice, these effects should be associated with improved cardiac function, ultimately resulting in a better outcome in patients with coronary artery disease. This potential application of anesthetic agents has only recently been explored and its applicability in clinical practice is the subject of ongoing research. SUMMARY This review will summarize the current knowledge in this field and also discuss the potential mechanisms involved in cardioprotection by anesthetic agents.
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- Stefan G De Hert
- Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
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Aagaard S, Larsen JR, Berg JS, Sloth E, Hasenkam JM. Does the pre-ischaemic administration of sevoflurane reduce myocardial stunning? A porcine experimental model. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007; 51:577-81. [PMID: 17430319 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a porcine model, the cardioprotective effect of sevoflurane was studied with regard to the preservation of myocardial contractility (myocardial stunning) after a myocardial ischaemic insult. METHODS Twenty-seven pigs were randomized to receive either a dual 4% sevoflurane inhalation period as a supplement to pentobarbital anaesthesia or pentobarbital anaesthesia only before a 15-min ischaemic insult on the left anterior descending coronary artery. The ischaemic period was followed by 180 min of reperfusion. Myocardial contractility was assessed by myocardial sonomicrometry. RESULTS A significant difference was found between the sevoflurane group and the control group at 5 min of reperfusion. However, subsequently, there was no overall difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION Sevoflurane administered as a pre-ischaemic bolus does not provide long-term improvement of the myocardial contractility. However, it can be speculated that sevoflurane may induce an early improvement in contractility.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Research and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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Wang S, Radhakrishnan J, Ayoub IM, Kolarova JD, Taglieri DM, Gazmuri RJ. Limiting sarcolemmal Na+ entry during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation prevents excess mitochondrial Ca2+ accumulation and attenuates myocardial injury. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:55-65. [PMID: 17431086 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01167.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND intracellular Na+ accumulation during ischemia and reperfusion leads to cytosolic Ca2+ overload through reverse-mode operation of the sarcolemmal Na+ -Ca2+ exchanger. Cytosolic Ca2+ accumulation promotes mitochondrial Ca2+ (Ca2+ m) overload, leading to mitochondrial injury. We investigated whether limiting sarcolemmal Na+ entry during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation (VF) attenuates Ca2+ m overload and lessens myocardial dysfunction in a rat model of VF and closed-chest resuscitation. METHODS hearts were harvested from 10 groups of 6 rats each representing baseline, 15 min of untreated VF, 15 min of VF with chest compression given for the last 5 min (VF/CC), and 60 min postresuscitation (PR). VF/CC and PR included four groups each randomized to receive before starting chest compression the new NHE-1 inhibitor AVE4454B (1.0 mg/kg), the Na+ channel blocker lidocaine (5.0 mg/kg), their combination, or vehicle control. The left ventricle was processed for intracellular Na+ and Ca2+ m measurements. RESULTS limiting sarcolemmal Na+ entry attenuated cytosolic Na+ increase during VF/CC and the PR phase and prevented Ca2+ m overload yielding levels that corresponded to 77% and 71% of control hearts at VF/CC and PR, without differences among specific Na+ -limiting interventions. Limiting sarcolemmal Na+ entry attenuated reductions in left ventricular compliance during VF and prompted higher mean aortic pressure (110 +/- 7 vs. 95 +/- 11 mmHg, P < 0.001) and higher cardiac work index (159 +/- 34 vs. 126 +/- 29 g x m x min(-1) x kg(-1), P < 0.05) with lesser increases in circulating cardiac troponin I at 60 min PR. CONCLUSIONS Na+ -limiting interventions prevented excess Ca2+ m accumulation induced by ischemia and reperfusion and ameliorated myocardial injury and dysfunction.
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- Sufen Wang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tritapepe L, Landoni G, Guarracino F, Pompei F, Crivellari M, Maselli D, De Luca M, Fochi O, D'Avolio S, Bignami E, Calabrò MG, Zangrillo A. Cardiac protection by volatile anaesthetics. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2007; 24:323-31. [PMID: 17156509 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021506001931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. volatile anaesthesia on cardiac troponin release in coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass, we performed a multicentre randomized controlled study to compare postoperative cardiac troponin release in patients receiving two different anaesthesia plans. METHODS We randomly assigned 75 patients to propofol (intravenous anaesthetic) and 75 patients to desflurane (volatile anaesthetic) in addition to an opiate-based anaesthesia for coronary artery bypass grafting. Peak postoperative troponin I release was measured as a marker of myocardial necrosis. RESULTS There was a significant (P < 0.001) difference in the postoperative median (25th-75th percentiles) peak of troponin I in patients receiving propofol 5,5 (2,3-9,5) ng dL(-1) when compared to patients receiving desflurane 2,5 (1,1-5,3) ng dL(-1). The median (interquartile) troponin I area under the curve analysis confirmed the results: 68 (30.5-104.8) vs. 36.3 (17.9-86.6) h ng dL(-1) (P = 0.002). Patients receiving volatile anaesthetics had reduced need for postoperative inotropic support (24/75, 32.0% vs. 31/75, 41.3%, P = 0.04), and tends toward a reduction in number of Q-wave myocardial infarction, time on mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit and overall hospital stay. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial damage measured by cardiac troponin release could be reduced by volatile anaesthetics in coronary artery bypass surgery.
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- L Tritapepe
- Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze Anestesiologiche, Medicina Critica e Terapia del Dolore, Pisa, Italy
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McDermott BJ, McWilliams S, Smyth K, Kelso EJ, Spiers JP, Zhao Y, Bell D, Mirakhur RK. Protection of cardiomyocyte function by propofol during simulated ischemia is associated with a direct action to reduce pro-oxidant activity. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2007; 42:600-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chambers DJ. Oxidative stress injury during cardiac surgery: how important is it? Cardiovasc Res 2007; 73:626-8. [PMID: 17274969 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Turan R, Yagmurdur H, Kavutcu M, Dikmen B. Propofol and tourniquet induced ischaemia reperfusion injury in lower extremity operations. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2007; 24:185-9. [PMID: 16938161 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021506001347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Extremity surgery with tourniquet to provide a bloodless field may be a good human model for ischaemia reperfusion (IR) injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of three different modes of propofol use on tourniquet induced IR injury in lower extremity operations. METHODS Thirty-three consecutive ASA Grade I and II patients were randomized into three groups of 11 patients each. In the spinal group (Group S), after intrathecal anaesthesia, sedation was given with a propofol infusion at 2 mg kg-1 h-1 after a 0.2 mg kg-1 bolus dose and fentanyl 100 microg. In the general (Group G) and TIVA (Group T) groups, general anaesthesia was induced with propofol 2 mg kg-1 with fentanyl 100 microg and maintained with inhalation of halothane or infusion of propofol respectively. Venous blood samples were obtained at different time points for measurements of plasma malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) levels. RESULTS Plasma MDA levels were increased significantly in the Group G at 1 min before tourniquet release and 5 and 20 min after tourniquet release compared with before induction of general anaesthesia (baseline). Before intrathecal anaesthesia and before induction of general anaesthesia significantly decreased levels of MDA were observed both before and after tourniquet release compared to baseline. Plasma SOD and CAT concentrations were decreased significantly only at tourniquet release in the Group G compared with baseline. In the Groups S and T these enzymes were not changed significantly. Plasma GPx levels were not altered in any groups. CONCLUSION Propofol administration may inhibit lipid peroxidation and restore antioxidant enzyme levels in extremity surgery requiring tourniquet application.
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- R Turan
- The Ministry of Health Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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Fujinaga T, Nakamura T, Fukuse T, Chen F, Zhang J, Ueda S, Hamakawa H, Omasa M, Sakai H, Hanaoka N, Wada H, Bando T. Isoflurane Inhalation After Circulatory Arrest Protects Against Warm Ischemia Reperfusion Injury of the Lungs. Transplantation 2006; 82:1168-74. [PMID: 17102768 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000237207.73439.2e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-heart-beating donors are expected to ameliorate shortages of donors for organ transplantation. The issue of preventing warm ischemic injury after circulatory arrest must be investigated. In the current study, we investigated whether isoflurane inhalation during warm ischemia could attenuate ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) of the lung. METHODS An isolated perfused rat lung model was used. The rats were allocated into four groups: the no ischemia group; the ischemia-1 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) iso group (ventilation with air and 1.38% isoflurane); the Ischemia-3MAC iso group (ventilation with air and 4.2% isoflurane); and the Ischemia-no treatment group (ventilation with only air). Lungs were subjected to 50 min of ischemia at 37 degrees C. Physiological lung functions were measured after reperfusion in experiment one. Mitochondrial control ratio (RCR), cytochrome-c release from mitochondria, and caspase activities just after warm ischemia were measured in experiment two. RESULTS Pulmonary functions in the Ischemia-1MAC iso group were significantly greater than those in the Ischemia-no treatment group for experiment one. There were no dose-dependent effects between 1MAC and 3MAC isoflurane. In experiment two, RCR in the Ischemia-1MAC iso group was significantly greater than that in the Ischemia-no treatment group. Cytochrome-c release and caspase-9 activity in the Ischemia-1MAC iso group were significantly decreased compared to those in the Ischemia-no treatment group. CONCLUSIONS Isoflurane inhalation attenuates warm IRI with the protection of mitochondria. Our results suggest that isoflurane inhalation after circulatory arrest can be a simple and effective method to protect the lung against warm ischemia.
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- Takuji Fujinaga
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, and Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Lee MC, Chen CH, Kuo MC, Kang PL, Lo A, Liu K. Isoflurane preconditioning-induced cardio-protection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006; 23:841-7. [PMID: 16507192 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021506000354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ischaemic preconditioning is commonly regarded as one of the most powerful protective mechanisms against a subsequent lethal ischaemic injury during coronary artery bypass graft surgery but is not practiced routinely. Experimentally, isoflurane, a commonly used volatile anaesthetic agent, provides myocardial protection through a signal transduction cascade that is remarkably similar to the pathways identified in ischaemic preconditioning. The aim of our study was to investigate whether pre-ischaemic administration of isoflurane exerted protection against prolonged ischaemia with functional recovery and reduced necrosis among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS Forty patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass graft operations were prospectively randomized into the control or isoflurane groups. In the isoflurane group, isoflurane 2.5 minimum alveolar concentration was administered for 15 min followed by a 5-min washout period before aortic cross-clamping. The control group received a time-matched period of isoflurane-free cardiopulmonary bypass. The conduction of anaesthesia and surgery were standardized in all patients. Haemodynamic data, troponin I release and inotropic support were measured and recorded perioperatively. RESULTS There were no adverse effects related to isoflurane administration. In the isoflurane group, the mean cardiac index after cardiopulmonary bypass was significantly higher than the pre-bypass value (P < 0.05), whereas no difference was found in the control group. At 15 min after cardiopulmonary bypass and 6 h after surgery, the changes in cardiac index and stroke volume index were significantly higher in the isoflurane group than in the control group (P < 0.05). There was a consistently lower release of troponin I in the isoflurane group compared to the control group. Compared to the controls, the mean troponin I level was significantly reduced in the isoflurane group at 24 h after surgery (P = 0.042). CONCLUSIONS The present results support the preconditioning effect of isoflurane in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery as clinically feasible and providing optimal cardiac protection.
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- M-C Lee
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Taiwan
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Lessa MA, Tibiriçá E. Pharmacologic Evidence for the Involvement of Central and Peripheral Opioid Receptors in the Cardioprotective Effects of Fentanyl. Anesth Analg 2006; 103:815-21. [PMID: 17000787 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000237284.30817.f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the involvement of central and peripheral opioid receptors (OR) in the cardioprotective effects of fentanyl (FENT) in a model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with pharmacologically induced sympathetic overactivity in anesthetized rabbits. METHODS Central sympathetic stimulation was achieved through intracerebroventricular injection of l-glutamate in animals submitted to 35 min of coronary occlusion followed by 120 min of reperfusion. Rabbits received naloxone HCl intracerebroventricularly or naloxone methiodide IV, a quaternary compound that does not cross the blood-brain barrier, 5 min before FENT treatment (5 or 50 microg/kg, IV). RESULTS Infarct area was reduced only by FENT 50 (from 51% +/- 2% to 24% +/- 2%). This protective effect was abolished by peripheral (42% +/- 4%), but not central, OR blockade (32% +/- 3%). The number of premature ventricular complexes during the ischemic period (54 +/- 3) was reduced by FENT 50 (19 +/- 7), an effect blunted by central (40 +/- 3) but not peripheral (18 +/- 7) blockade of OR. During reperfusion, the number of premature ventricular complexes (134 +/- 50) was reduced to 9 +/- 5 by FENT 50 and was prevented by central (42 +/- 4) as well as peripheral (20 +/- 11) OR blockade. The mortality rate (50%) and incidence of ventricular tachycardia (55%) were completely abolished by FENT 50. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that fentanyl's effects for limiting myocardial ischemic injury are mediated via peripheral ORs while opioid's antiarrhythmic actions are mediated via central OR agonism.
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- Marcos A Lessa
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacodynamics, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Symons JA, Myles PS. Myocardial protection with volatile anaesthetic agents during coronary artery bypass surgery: a meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth 2006; 97:127-36. [PMID: 16793778 DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previous studies have investigated the role of volatile anaesthetic agents in myocardial protection during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, and some have identified beneficial effects. However, these studies have been too small to identify a significant effect on myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality. We undertook a systematic overview and meta-analysis of all randomized trials comparing volatile with non-volatile anaesthesia in CABG surgery. We identified 27 trials that included 2979 patients. There was no significant difference in myocardial ischaemia, MI, intensive care unit length of stay or hospital mortality between the groups (all P>0.05). Post-bypass, patients randomized to receive volatile anaesthetics had 20% higher cardiac indices (P=0.006), significantly lower troponin I serum concentrations (P=0.002) and lesser requirement for inotropic support (P=0.004) compared with those randomized to receive i.v. anaesthetics. Duration of mechanical ventilation was reduced by 2.7 h (P=0.04), and there was a 1 day decrease in hospital length of stay (P<0.001). Some of these outcomes were based on a smaller number of trials because of incomplete data, largely because the individual trials focused on one or more surrogate endpoints. We found some evidence that volatile anaesthetic agents provide myocardial protection in CABG surgery, but larger adequately powered trials with agreed, defined outcomes need to be done to fully assess a possible beneficial effect of volatile anaesthetic agents on the risk of MI and mortality.
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- J A Symons
- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Guarracino F, Landoni G, Tritapepe L, Pompei F, Leoni A, Aletti G, Scandroglio AM, Maselli D, De Luca M, Marchetti C, Crescenzi G, Zangrillo A. Myocardial Damage Prevented by Volatile Anesthetics: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2006; 20:477-83. [PMID: 16884976 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of volatile anesthesia versus total intravenous anesthesia on cardiac troponin release in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). DESIGN The authors performed a multicenter randomized controlled study to compare cardiac troponin release in patients receiving either volatile anesthetics or total intravenous anesthesia for cardiac surgery on the beating heart, which is an excellent model of human myocardial ischemia. SETTING Three university hospitals. PARTICIPANTS The authors randomly assigned 57 patients to desflurane (volatile anesthetic) and 55 patients to propofol (intravenous anesthetic) in addition to an opiate-based anesthesia for OPCAB. INTERVENTIONS The 2 groups of patients received either desflurane (volatile anesthetic) or propofol in addition to an opiate-based anesthesia for OPCAB. Peak postoperative troponin I release was measured as a marker of myocardial necrosis. Prolonged hospitalization was considered as a secondary outcome. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Patient mean age was 69 years, and 82% were men. There was a significant (p < 0.001) reduction in postoperative median (25th-75th percentiles) peak of troponin I in patients receiving volatile anesthetics, 1.2 (0.9-1.9) ng/dL, compared with patients receiving total intravenous anesthesia, 2.7 (2.1-4.0) ng/dL. This myocardial protection resulted in a reduced (p = 0.04) number (percentage) of patients requiring postoperative inotropes, 20 (35%) versus 31 (56%), and a reduced number (percentage) of patients submitted to prolonged hospitalization (> or =7 days), 7 (12%) versus 20 (36%) in the 2 groups (p = 0.005). One patient receiving total intravenous anesthesia died within 30 days of surgery. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial damage measured by cardiac troponin release could be reduced by volatile anesthetics during OPCAB. Because patients underwent cardiac surgery on the beating heart, these results could have implications for cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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- Fabio Guarracino
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and ICU and Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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Rodríguez-López JM, Sánchez-Conde P, Lozano FS, Nicolás JL, García-Criado FJ, Cascajo C, Muriel C. Laboratory investigation: Effects of propofol on the systemic inflammatory response during aortic surgery. Can J Anaesth 2006; 53:701-10. [PMID: 16803918 DOI: 10.1007/bf03021629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE A laboratory investigation was undertaken to assess the effects of propofol on renal function, through modulation of the systemic inflammatory response, in an in vivo experimental model of aortic surgery in comparison with sevoflurane. METHODS Twenty young male piglets were anesthetized with either propofol 4 mg.kg(-1).hr(-1) (n = 10) or sevoflurane 1.5% end-tidal concentration (n = 10). Animals were subjected to aorta-aortic bypass with suprarenal aortic clamping for 30 min. At specific intervals (basal -before the start of surgery; reperfusion 15 min after unclamping the aorta; at 24, 48 and 72 hr after surgery, and on the seventh day after surgery) the levels of the following were determined: plasma creatinine, renal myeloperoxidase, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 1-ss, and interferon-gamma; kidney superoxide anion and its detoxifying enzyme superoxidase dismutase, kidney malondialdehyde and the activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Seven days after surgery, the animals were anesthetized using the described techniques, and after blood withdrawal and kidney sampling they were sacrificed. RESULTS In comparison with sevoflurane, propofol was associated with a lower concentration of plasma creatinine (P < 0.05) together with lower concentrations of myeloperoxidase, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 1-ss, interferon-gamma, superoxide anion and superoxidase dismutase, malondialdehyde and inducible nitric oxide synthase (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION In an experimental model of aortic reconstructive surgery, and compared with sevoflurane, propofol anesthesia is associated with less neutrophil infiltration, lower plasma proinflammatory cytokine levels, lower production of oxygen free radicals, less lipid peroxidation, and reduced inducible nitric oxide synthase activity. These observations suggest a possible renal protective effect of propofol in this surgical setting.
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Galagudza M, Vaage J, Valen G. Isoflurane and other commonly used anaesthetics do not protect the isolated buffer perfused mouse heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2006; 33:315-9. [PMID: 16620294 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04368.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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1. Some anaesthetic agents such as barbiturates and opioids possess cardioprotective properties in rats, rabbits, dogs and pigs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of some commonly used anaesthetic agents (pentobarbital, isoflurane and a mixture of midazolam, fentanyl and fluanisone) on the tolerance of the isolated mouse heart to ischaemia-reperfusion injury. 2. The isolated, Langendorff-perfused hearts were subjected to 45 min of global ischaemia followed by 60 min of reperfusion. Left ventricular pressures, heart rate and coronary flow were measured and infarct size was determined using triphenyltetrazolium staining. 3. There were no differences in haemodynamic variables during reperfusion between groups. Infarct size was not influenced by the choice of anaesthesia. 4. None of the anaesthesia protocols exerted significant protective effects on the ischaemic-reperfused isolated mouse heart performance. In mice, isoflurane as well as pentobarbital, opioids and benzodiazepines may be safely used for anaesthesia without a risk of protective side-effects in isolated mouse heart studies.
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- Michael Galagudza
- Department of Pathophysiology, St Petersburg IP Pavlov Federal Medical University, St Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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Kalenka A, Maurer MH, Feldmann RE, Kuschinsky W, Waschke KF. Volatile anesthetics evoke prolonged changes in the proteome of the left ventricule myocardium: defining a molecular basis of cardioprotection? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006; 50:414-27. [PMID: 16548853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.00984.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Volatile anesthetics can alter cardiac gene and protein expression. Of those underlying molecular changes in gene and protein expression in the myocardium after exposure to volatile anesthetics that have been identified, some of them have been related to cardioprotection. METHODS We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to identify changes in the protein expression of the left ventricle myocardium of anesthesized rats. We maintained anesthesia for 3 h using isoflurane, sevoflurane or desflurane, respectively, at 1.0 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) and dissected the left ventricular myocardium either immediately or 72 h after the end of anesthesia. RESULTS We found changes of at least twofold in 106 proteins of the more than 1.600 protein spots discriminated in each gel. These differentially expressed proteins are associated with functions in glycolysis, mitochondrial respiration and stress response. No obvious difference could be observed between the patterns of differential expression of the three volatile anesthetics. CONCLUSION We provide the first study of post-anesthetic protein expression profiles associated with three common volatile anesthetics. These volatile anesthetics promote a distinct change in the myocardial protein expression profile, whereby changes in the expression pattern still exist 72 h after anesthesia. These proteome changes are closely related to cardioprotection and ischemic preconditioning, indicating a common functional signaling of volatile anesthestics.
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- A Kalenka
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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Obal D, Dettwiler S, Favoccia C, Rascher K, Preckel B, Schlack W. Effect of sevoflurane preconditioning on ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the rat kidney in vivo. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006; 23:319-26. [PMID: 16469207 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021505002000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Whereas the protective effect of anaesthetic and ischaemic preconditioning has been described for several organs, it is uncertain whether this mechanism is also effective in the kidney. We compared the effect of preconditioning with sevoflurane and preconditioning with short episodes of ischaemia on renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the rat in vivo. METHODS Fourteen days after right-sided nephrectomy, anaesthetized male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to a sham-operated group (no arterial occlusion, n = 5) or underwent 45 min of left renal artery occlusion (control group, n = 9) followed by 3 days of reperfusion. Two further experimental groups of animals were preconditioned prior to ischaemia either by administering 1 MAC sevoflurane for 15 min followed by 10 min of washout (sevoflurane group, n = 10) or by subjecting the animals to three short episodes of renal ischaemia (ischaemia-preconditioned group, n = 8). Blood creatinine was measured during reperfusion and morphological damage was assessed by histological examination. RESULTS Baseline creatinine values were similar in all four groups (0.7 +/- 0.2 mg dL-1; mean +/- SD) and remained unchanged in the sham-operated animals after 3 days (0.8 +/- 0.2 mg dL-1). Creatinine levels increased in the ischaemic preconditioning group (3.3 +/- 1.2 mg dL-1) and sevoflurane preconditioning group (4.0 +/- 1.1 mg dL-1) compared to the control group (1.6 +/- 0.6 mg dL-1). Morphological damage was less severe in the control group, i.e. in animals without preconditioning, than in both preconditioning groups. CONCLUSION Neither sevoflurane nor ischaemic preconditioning preserves renal function or attenuates cell damage in the rat in vivo.
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- D Obal
- University Hospital Duesseldorf, Department of Anaesthesiology, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Law-Koune JD, Raynaud C, Liu N, Dubois C, Romano M, Fischler M. Sevoflurane-remifentanil versus propofol-remifentanil anesthesia at a similar bispectral level for off-pump coronary artery surgery: no evidence of reduced myocardial ischemia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2006; 20:484-92. [PMID: 16884977 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Sevoflurane could decrease myocardial ischemic injury in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was designed to compare postoperative troponin I (cTnI) concentrations after sevoflurane-remifentanil versus propofol-remifentanil anesthesia. DESIGN Prospective, randomized single-blind clinical study. SETTING University hospital. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen patients. INTERVENTIONS General anesthesia was conducted with sevoflurane-remifentanil (n = 9) or propofol-remifentanil (n = 9). Administration of sevoflurane and propofol was adjusted to maintain the bispectral index (BIS) between 40 and 60. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Groups were comparable regarding the patients' characteristics. The objective of BIS was maintained in both groups except during the period of coronary artery grafts (p < 0.001) when the BIS number in the propofol group fell below 40 and was significantly lower than in the sevoflurane group. Intraoperative hemodynamic variables were similar between groups. No patient required cardiopulmonary bypass. Need for inotropic and vasoactive support during the first graft was not necessary in the propofol group and occurred in 4 patients in the sevoflurane group (not significant). During the second graft, 2 patients in the propofol group and 3 in the sevoflurane group needed hemodynamic support. Postoperative hemodynamic variables were comparable between groups. Areas under the curve of postoperative increases in cTnI were 27.0 +/- 38.6 and 17.4 +/- 14.6 ng/mL/hour in the sevoflurane and propofol groups, respectively (not significant). CONCLUSION This study does not support cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane. The particularly short total cumulative duration of ischemia and the relatively low administered end-tidal sevoflurane concentrations may explain this result.
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Siracusano L, Girasole V, Alvaro S, Chiavarino NDM. Myocardial preconditioning and cardioprotection by volatile anaesthetics. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2006; 7:86-95. [PMID: 16645367 DOI: 10.2459/01.jcm.0000199792.32479.ce] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The biological bases and the clinical applications of ischaemic and anaesthetic preconditioning are reviewed. Ischaemic preconditioning is an endogenous defensive phenomenon of the myocardium in which brief periods of ischaemia followed by reperfusion reduce the infarct size induced by longer ischaemic stimuli; both an early and a late phase may be distinguished. In the early phase, the mediators released activate ATP-dependent potassium channels and kinase cascade; these enzymes migrating at the level of various subcellular structures phosphorylate some end-effectors responsible for cardioprotection. Several molecules that are involved in the regulation of cell death during ischaemia-reperfusion injury have been proposed for such a role, including mitochondrial ATP-dependent potassium channels, connexins and cytoskeletal and mitochondrial proteins. In the late phase, the triggers and mediators themselves, plus nitric oxide, are responsible for the genetic reprogramming providing a protective effect via ex-novo synthesis of proteins. Volatile halogenated anaesthetics may induce a particular sort of pharmacological preconditioning, anaesthetic preconditioning, which presents some differences in the biochemical signalling mechanism but is able to give protection comparable to the ischaemic form. Anaesthetic preconditioning presents obvious advantages compared to ischaemic preconditioning, and researchers have tried to take advantage of this in the clinical setting, in cardiac surgical patients, in neuroprotection and to prolong the survival of organs destined for transplantation.
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- Luca Siracusano
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, School of Medicine, Policlinico Universitario G. Martino, Italy.
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Dworschak M, Breukelmann D, Hannon JD. The effect of isoflurane during reoxygenation on the sarcoplasmic reticulum and cellular injury in isolated ventricular myocytes. Life Sci 2006; 78:888-93. [PMID: 16137699 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.05.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In contrast to pretreatment with isoflurane its benefit when applied during reperfusion in rat hearts was only modest. As cellular injury during reoxygenation is greatly determined by sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium [Ca2+] handling we investigated the effect of isoflurane after simulated ischemia in rat ventricular myocytes. Hypoxic metabolic inhibition was induced by exposure to an acidic medium (pH: 6.3) containing deoxyglucose. Ambient pO2 was reduced to <15 mm Hg. After 30 min, cells were reoxygenated for 30 min with a glucose containing medium (pH: 7.4) in air (Air) or in the presence of isoflurane (Iso), or two SR blockers, i.e. either 3 microM ryanodine (Rya) or 10 microM of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). During inhibition, diastolic cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]i) increased and systolic cell shortening decreased. [Ca2+]i further increased in all groups towards the end of reoxygenation. However, [Ca2+]i in the Iso and the Rya group climbed twice as high as in the Air and the CPA group (P < 0.05). Hypercontracture occurred in 23% and 18% in the Iso and the Rya and in 10% and 9% in the Air and the CPA group, respectively (P < 0.05). Cell relengthening and shortening was impaired in Iso, Rya, and CPA treated cells (P < 0.05 vs. Air). Isoflurane given solely during reoxygenation appears to augment cellular injury. Its action seems to be blockade of SR Ca2+ release and Ca2+ efflux. SR Ca2+ overload induces spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations that cause hypercontracture. However, [Ca2+]i does not independently govern cellular systolic and diastolic dysfunction.
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- Martin Dworschak
- Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Ayoub IM, Kolarova J, Kantola RL, Sanders R, Gazmuri RJ. Cariporide minimizes adverse myocardial effects of epinephrine during resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2599-605. [PMID: 16276186 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000186773.88576.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Epinephrine given during closed-chest resuscitation increases blood flow across the coronary and cerebral circuits. However, epinephrine worsens reperfusion arrhythmias and intensifies postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction. We investigated whether cariporide-a selective sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform-1 inhibitor-could ameliorate such adverse effects without diminishing its vasopressor actions. DESIGN Randomized animal study. SETTING University-based animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Twenty-four anesthetized male domestic pigs (29-43 kg). INTERVENTIONS Ventricular fibrillation was electrically induced and left untreated for 8 mins. Pigs were randomized to receive after 2 mins of chest compression a 3 mg/kg bolus of cariporide (n = 8), a 0.02 mg/kg bolus of epinephrine (n = 8), or a combination of cariporide and epinephrine (n = 8). Additional doses of epinephrine were given if the coronary perfusion pressure decreased below 15 mm Hg. Successfully resuscitated pigs were observed for 72 hrs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The averaged coronary perfusion pressure was higher in the epinephrine (34 +/- 11 mm Hg, p = .001) and cariporide/epinephrine (35 +/- 10 mm Hg, p < .001) groups compared with the cariporide group (15 +/- 6 mm Hg). All pigs in the epinephrine and cariporide/epinephrine groups but only six in the cariporide group were successfully resuscitated and survived 72 hrs. During the immediate postresuscitation period, four of eight pigs in the epinephrine group had episodes of recurrent ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia requiring additional electrical shocks (7.0 +/- 6.4) but none in the cariporide and cariporide/epinephrine groups (chi-square, p = .008). Myocardial dysfunction occurred early after return of spontaneous circulation but only in the epinephrine group. CONCLUSIONS The combined administration of cariporide and epinephrine prompted adequate pressor effects during chest compression and facilitated reestablishment of cardiac activity without episodes of recurrent ventricular fibrillation or transient myocardial dysfunction as with epinephrine alone.
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- Iyad M Ayoub
- Department of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, USA
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De Hert SG. The concept of anaesthetic-induced cardioprotection: clinical relevance. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2005; 19:445-59. [PMID: 16013693 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2005.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Experimental evidence has clearly demonstrated that volatile anaesthetic agents have direct protective properties against reversible and irreversible ischaemic myocardial damage. These properties have been related to a direct preconditioning effect but also to an effect on the extent of reperfusion injury. The implementation of these properties during clinical anaesthesia can provide an additional tool in the treatment and/or prevention of ischaemic cardiac dysfunction in the perioperative period. In clinical practice, these effects should be associated with improved cardiac function, ultimately resulting in a better outcome in patients with coronary artery disease. This potential application of anaesthetic agents has only recently been explored, and its applicability in clinical practice is the subject of ongoing research. This review summarizes the current knowledge on this subject.
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- Stefan G De Hert
- University of Antwerp, and Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium.
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Kwak YL. Reduction of Ischemia During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2005; 19:667-77. [PMID: 16202908 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Young Lan Kwak
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku, Seoul, Korea.
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Malagon I, Hogenbirk K, van Pelt J, Hazekamp MG, Bovill JG. Effect of three different anaesthetic agents on the postoperative production of cardiac troponin T in paediatric cardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth 2005; 94:805-9. [PMID: 15833779 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Paediatric cardiac surgery is associated with some degree of myocardial injury. Ischaemic preconditioning (IP) has been investigated widely in the adult population. Volatile agents have been shown to simulate IP providing extra protection to the myocardium during adult cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) while propofol seems to act through different mechanisms. IP has not been investigated in the paediatric population to the same extent. Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is a reliable marker of myocardial injury in neonates and children. We have investigated the relationship between three anaesthetic agents, midazolam, propofol, and sevoflurane, and postoperative production of cTnT. METHODS Ninety patients undergoing repair of congenital heart defect with CPB were investigated in a prospective randomized study. cTnT was measured four times during the first 24 h following admission to the paediatric intensive care unit. Other variables measured included arterial blood gases, lactate, fluid balance, use of inotropic drugs, PaO2/FiO2 ratio and ventilator hours. RESULTS cTnT was elevated in all three groups throughout the study period. The differences between the three groups were not statistically significant. Eight hours after admission to the intensive care unit cTnT concentrations tended to be higher in the midazolam group [mean (95% confidence intervals)]; 2.7 (1.9-3.5) ng ml(-1). Patients receiving a propofol-based anaesthesia had similar concentrations 2.6 (1.7-3.5) ng ml(-1) while those receiving sevoflurane tended to have a lower cTnT production 1.7 (1.3-2.2) ng ml(-1). CONCLUSIONS Midazolam, propofol, and sevoflurane appear to provide equal myocardial protection in paediatric cardiac surgery when using cTnT as a marker of myocardial damage.
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- I Malagon
- Department of Anaesthesia, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Ogata M, Shin-Ya K, Urano S, Endo T. Antioxidant Activity of Propofol and Related Monomeric and Dimeric Compounds. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2005; 53:344-6. [PMID: 15744114 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.53.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study was carried out to investigate the antioxidant activity of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) and its related compounds, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), 2,6-dimethylphenol, 2,6-di-t-butylphenol, and their dimeric compounds. The degree of antioxidant activity was evaluated based on the degree of peroxidation induced with Fe-ascorbic acid in egg phosphatidylcholine through the determination of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) formed during peroxidation. Their antioxidant activities were in the order of dipropofol>di(2,6-di-t-butylphenol)>diBHA>di(2,6-dimethylphenol). Dipropofol, a dimeric compound of propofol, showed the highest antioxidant activities. Dimeric compounds had higher activities than monomeric compounds, and the 1,1-diphenyl-p-picryhydrazyl-trapping ability of dimeric compounds was also greater than those of monomeric compounds (4-10-fold). These results suggest that dimeric phenols may increase their antioxidant activities along with increments in the conjugation system and play a inhibitory role in the propagation of free radical chain reactions.
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Dworschak M, Breukelmann D, Hannon JD. The impact of isoflurane during simulated ischemia/reoxygenation on intracellular calcium, contractile function, and arrhythmia in ventricular myocytes. Anesth Analg 2004; 99:1302-1307. [PMID: 15502021 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000134803.28029.7e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Some of isoflurane's cellular actions, such as interference with intracellular Ca(2+) handling, inhibition of the respiratory chain, and the capability to produce oxygen radicals, could result in impaired cellular function during ischemia/reoxygenation (I/R). We investigated the effects of isoflurane applied during I/R on intracellular Ca(2+), oxygen radical formation, arrhythmic events, and contractile function in rat cardiomyocytes. Single ventricular myocytes were subjected to 30 min of simulated ischemia followed by 30 min of reoxygenation. After baseline measurements, isoflurane-treated cells were exposed to 1 minimum alveolar concentration of isoflurane in air, whereas control cells were exposed to air only. Cytosolic Ca(2+) overload was observed in the isoflurane group (P < 0.05). During ischemia, systolic cell shortening decreased in both groups. In the isoflurane group, arrhythmic events and hypercontracture occurred more often during I/R, and the recovery of contractility during reoxygenation was less marked (P < 0.05). Furthermore, increased oxygen radical generation was detected in isoflurane-treated myocytes during reoxygenation (P < 0.05). Isoflurane given during I/R in this study induced intracellular Ca(2+) accumulation and impaired cell function. These potentially harmful effects were associated with a diminished Ca(2+) clearance and an accelerated oxygen radical production.
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- Martin Dworschak
- *Department of Anesthesia Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, †Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Vienna, Austria, and ‡Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Münster, Germany
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Peláez R, Hortal FJ, Bastida E, Barrio JM, Riesgo MJ. Narcolepsy and cardiac surgery: can anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil be safe? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2004; 18:201-3. [PMID: 15073713 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lessa MA, Rodrigues E, Tibiricá E. Cardioprotective action of fentanyl in a model of central sympathetic overactivity in rabbits: antiarrhythmic and anti-ischemic effects. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:1115-22. [PMID: 15352957 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sympathetic overactivity resulting from perioperative noxious stimuli elicits hyperdynamic cardiovascular responses that may lead to myocardial ischemia and/or ventricular arrhythmia, especially in patients presenting with coronary artery disease. In the present study we investigated the cardioprotective effects of clinically relevant doses of fentanyl in an experimental model of sympathetic overactivity associated with myocardial ischemia in anesthetized rabbits. METHODS Central sympathetic stimulation was achieved through intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of L-glutamate (10 micro mol), with simultaneous inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis through i.v. administration of N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 40 mg kg(-1)). RESULTS L-glutamate triggered ventricular arrhythmia and electrocardiographic alterations indicative of myocardial ischemia. The intravenous administration of fentanyl (5, 10 or 50 micro g kg(-1)) reduced the incidence of ST-segment shift (70, 20 and 10%, respectively, vs. 66.7% in controls) as well as of T-wave inversion from 58.3% to 30, 20 and 10%, respectively. The total number of ventricular premature complexes per minute fell from 65.2 +/- 16 in the control group to 6.8 +/- 3, 3.5 +/- 2 and 2.6 +/- 1.5, respectively. The occurrence of ventricular tachycardia and bigeminy was completely abolished by fentanyl. Finally, the i.v. administration of fentanyl did not induce significant hemodynamic effects (except for dP/dt(max) in the 50 micro g kg(-1)-dose). CONCLUSION Fentanyl elicits significant cardioprotective effects in a model of arrhythmia resulting from the association of central sympathetic overactivity with myocardial ischemia in rabbits, independently from its systemic hemodynamic actions.
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- M A Lessa
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacodinâmica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Yagmurdur H, Cakan T, Bayrak A, Arslan M, Baltaci B, Inan N, Kilinc K. The effects of etomidate, thiopental, and propofol in induction on hypoperfusion-reperfusion phenomenon during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:772-7. [PMID: 15196111 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND A hypoperfusion-reperfusion human model is observed during and soon after laparoscopic surgery. The aim of the study was to research the preventive effects of etomidate, thiopental, and propofol in induction on hypoperfusion- reperfusion phenomenon during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS Thirty-six consecutive ASA I-II patients were randomized into three groups of 12 patients each. Anaesthesia was induced with etomidate in group 1, thiopental in group 2, and propofol in group 3. Venous blood samples were obtained at different time points for measurement of plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. Arterial blood and gastric juice samples were obtained for the calculation of gastric intramucosal pH (pHi). Also changes in aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase and total bilirubin levels were assessed. RESULTS There was a significant decrease in pHi at 1 min before desufflation (BD) and 20 min after desufflation (AD) compared with before insufflation (BI) in all groups. Plasma level of MDA was significantly increased in group 1 at 1 min BD and 20 min AD compared with before induction of anaesthesia (baseline). Malondialdehyde levels were decreased significantly in group 3 and increased non-significantly in group 2 at the same time points. Also AST and ALT levels were significantly increased in both groups 1 and 2 at 24 h postoperatively. CONCLUSION Propofol with antioxidant activity may offer many advantages by scavenging reactive oxygen species and their metabolites in case of anticipated hypoperfusion-reperfusion phenomenon, such as would occur in laparoscopic surgery.
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- H Yagmurdur
- The Ministry of Health Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey.
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Zaugg M, Schaub MC, Foëx P. Myocardial injury and its prevention in the perioperative setting. Br J Anaesth 2004; 93:21-33. [PMID: 15145824 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- M Zaugg
- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
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van der Starre PJA, Guta C. Choice of anesthetics. ANESTHESIOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 2004; 22:251-64, vi. [PMID: 15182868 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8537(03)00122-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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The choice of anesthetics for vascular surgical patients is not only determined by the kind and extent of the surgical procedure but also by patient comorbidities. Frequently, patients have a history of hypertension, peripheral vascular and coronary artery disease,cerebrovascular disease, and renal impairment. The goal of the chosen anesthetic technique is to protect organ function, mainly of the brain and the heart. In some instances regional anesthesia might be preferred, but no difference in outcome between the two techniques has been shown conclusively. Vascular emergencies are particularly challenging for the anesthesiologist, but in recent years the development of stent graft insertion has improved the short-term outcome in many of these procedures.
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- Pieter J A van der Starre
- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Kristensen J, Mortensen UM, Nielsen SS, Maeng M, Kaltoft A, Nielsen TT, Rehling M. Myocardial perfusion imaging with 99mTc sestamibi early after reperfusion reliably reflects infarct size reduction by ischaemic preconditioning in an experimental porcine model. Nucl Med Commun 2004; 25:495-500. [PMID: 15100509 DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200405000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Reliable methods for assessment of tissue reperfusion early after revascularizing therapy for acute myocardial infarction are needed. Myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc sestamibi (MIBI MPI) may serve this purpose. Usage during early reperfusion may be problematic e.g. due to ischaemic preconditioning (IP), which is important in inducing ischaemic tolerance. It is mediated through the opening of mitochondrial K ATP channels, reducing mitochondrial membrane potential. This may, as well as ischaemia per se, affect cellular uptake of Tc sestamibi. We therefore studied the reliability of MIBI MPI during early reperfusion as a measure of infarct size and its reduction by ischaemic preconditioning. METHODS AND RESULTS We compared MIBI MPI (cut-off, 45% of maximum pixel count) with a histochemical method in a porcine model, nine controls and eight IP pigs, using 45 min catheter based coronary occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. Infarct size (IS) was determined relative to the area at risk (AAR). The relative infarct size (IS/AAR) after 120 min reperfusion estimated by MPI was 0.83 (0.17) in controls vs 0.07 (0.12) in the IP group (mean (SD), P<0.001). The corresponding values for histochemistry were controls 0.77 (0.19) vs IP 0.07 (0.11), P<0.001. IS/AAR measured by MPI and histochemistry were correlated significantly (r=0.93, P<0.001). Furthermore, IS relative to left ventricular mass (IS/LV) determined by autoradiography and histochemistry correlated (r=0.93, P<0.001). MPI overestimated IS/LV and AAR/LV by approximately a factor of 2 compared with histochemistry or autoradiography. CONCLUSION MIBI MPI during early reperfusion is a reliable measure of relative infarct size reduction after ischaemic preconditioning, supporting use for stratification for adjunctive therapy and for assessment of prognosis.
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- Jens Kristensen
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
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Obal D, Scharbatke H, Barthel H, Preckel B, Müllenheim J, Schlack W. Cardioprotection against reperfusion injury is maximal with only two minutes of sevoflurane administration in rats. Can J Anaesth 2003; 50:940-5. [PMID: 14617594 DOI: 10.1007/bf03018744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Volatile anesthetics can protect the heart against reperfusion injury. When sevoflurane is given for the first 15 min of reperfusion, a concentration corresponding to one minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) provides a maximum protective effect. The present study addresses the question of how long sevoflurane has to be administered to achieve the best cardioprotection. METHODS Chloralose anesthetized rats were subjected to a 25-min occlusion of a major coronary artery, followed by 90 min of reperfusion. During the initial phase of reperfusion, an end-tidal concentration of 2.4 vol.% of sevoflurane (1 MAC) was given for two (n = 8), five (n = 8) or ten minutes (n = 7). Seven rats served as untreated controls. We measured left ventricular (LV) pressure, mean aortic pressure and infarct size (triphenyltetrazolium staining). RESULTS Administration of sevoflurane for two minutes resulted in the greatest reduction of infarct size to 15% (8-22 [mean (95% confidence interval)] of the area at risk compared with controls [51 (47-55) %, P < 0.001]. Five or ten minutes of sevoflurane administration reduced infarct size to 26 (18-34) and 26 (18-35) % [P < 0.05], respectively. The cardiodepressant effect of sevoflurane varied with the duration of its administration: LV dP/dt was reduced from 6332 mmHg x sec(-1) (5771-6894) during baseline to 4211 mmHg x sec(-1) (3031-5391), 3811 mmHg x sec(-1) (2081-5540) and 3612 mmHg x sec(-1) (2864-4359) after two, five and ten minutes of reperfusion, respectively. CONCLUSION Administration of 1 MAC sevoflurane for the first two minutes of reperfusion effectively protects the heart against reperfusion injury in rats in vivo. A longer administration time had lesser cardioprotective effects in this experimental model.
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- Detlef Obal
- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany
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Bibliography Current World Literature. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000084472.59960.ce] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Roy S, Balasubramanian S, Wang J, Chandrashekhar Y, Charboneau R, Barke R. Morphine inhibits VEGF expression in myocardial ischemia. Surgery 2003; 134:336-44. [PMID: 12947338 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may contribute to the resolution of myocardial ischemia by stimulating collateral circulation. Morphine analgesia after myocardial ischemia is thought to increase infarct size. We hypothesize that morphine inhibits myocardial VEGF expression by inhibiting hypoxia-induced factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and the signal transduction mechanisms involving Erk-1,2 MAP kinase (p42/p44), and PI3 kinase activity (phospho-Akt). METHODS (1) In vitro: primary cultures of rat cardiac myocytes; (2) in vivo: rat coronary ligation model; (3) mRNA measurement: real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; (4) protein measurements: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western immunoblot, electromobility shift assay (EMSA), and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Using rat cardiac myocytes in vitro, we show that morphine: (1) decreases hypoxia-induced VEGF(121) and VEGF(165) mRNA expression and VEGF protein concentration through an opioid receptor mechanism; (2) decreases HIF-1alpha protein expression (immunoblot) and nuclear protein binding to the VEGF HIF-1alpha DNA response element (EMSA); and (3) inhibits phospho-Erk-1,2 MAP kinase (immunoblot) and phospho-Akt kinase activity (immunoblot). Using a rat coronary ligation model, we show that morphine treatment: (1) decreases myocardial VEGF protein expression (immunohistochemistry); (2) decreases HIF-1alpha protein expression (immunoblot); and (3) decreases phospho-Erk-1,2 and phospho-Akt expression. CONCLUSIONS (1) Morphine inhibits hypoxia-induced VEGF transcription, in part, through an HIF-1alpha-mediated mechanism and (2) morphine inhibition of hypoxia-induced HIF-1alpha may be mediated by inhibition of ERK 1,2 MAP kinase activity and PI3 kinase activity.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapois, MN 55417, USA
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