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Apostolakis E, Baikoussis NG, Papakonstantinou NA. The role of myocardial ischaemic preconditioning during beating heart surgery: biological aspect and clinical outcome. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011; 14:68-71. [PMID: 22108934 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Short periods of ischaemia consecutive to reperfusion periods before a sustained ischaemic condition, the so-called ischaemic preconditioning (IP), aim to protect myocardial cells against prolonged ischaemia. IP appears as a considerable endogenous cardioprotective mechanism decreasing the infarct size after total occlusion in either experimental models or humans. Angina periods before an acute coronary syndrome limit the myocardial infarction being protective for the myocardium. Our report aims to review the international bibliography of the IP during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
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- Efstratios Apostolakis
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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Baumert JH, Hein M, Gerets C, Baltus T, Hecker KE, Rossaint R. The effect of xenon on isoflurane protection against experimental myocardial infarction. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2009; 23:614-8. [PMID: 19362018 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate if the protective effects of xenon and isoflurane against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion damage would be additive. DESIGN A prospective, randomized laboratory investigation. SETTING An animal laboratory of a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-six pigs (female German landrace). INTERVENTIONS In an open-chest preparation with thiopental anesthesia, the left anterior descending artery was occluded to produce ischemia for 60 minutes. One hour previously, ischemic preconditioning, isoflurane (0.55 minimum alveolar concentration [MAC]) alone, or isoflurane together with xenon (0.55 MAC each) were started in the respective groups. A fourth (control) group received no protective intervention. Myocardial ischemia was followed by 2 hours of reperfusion. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Hearts were excised and stained (Evans Blue/TTC) to measure infarct size as related to the area at risk. Myocardial infarct size was reduced (means +/- standard deviation) from 64% +/- 9% of the area at risk in the control group to 19% +/- 12% with ischemic preconditioning to 46% +/- 12% with isoflurane and to 39% +/- 13% with isoflurane and xenon. All intervention groups were significantly different from the control (p < 0.05), and both anesthetic groups were significantly different from ischemic preconditioning (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Combined isoflurane/xenon anesthesia reduced infarct size but not more than isoflurane alone. Ischemic preconditioning was more effective than the anesthetics.
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- Jan H Baumert
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Clinic, Aachen, Germany.
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Yoshimura Y, Kristo G, Keith BJ, Jahania SA, Mentzer RM, Lasley RD. The p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 blocks adenosine A(1) receptor-induced attenuation of in vivo myocardial stunning. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2005; 18:433-40. [PMID: 15770430 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-004-6220-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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There is considerable evidence implicating a key role for p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in ischemic and pharmacological preconditioning against myocardial infarction. However, there have been few, if any, studies examining the role of p38 MAPK in the protection of stunned myocardium. The purpose of this study was to determine whether p38 MAPK plays a role in the adenosine A(1) receptor anti-stunning effect in in vivo porcine myocardium. Regional myocardial stunning in anesthetized, open-chest pigs was induced by 15 min of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion and 3 h of reperfusion (RP). Animals were treated with either vehicle (n = 5), AMP579 (70 microg/kg i.v.; 25 microg/kg bolus + 1.5 microg/kg/min for 30 min prior to ischemia, n = 5), the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 (0.25 mg/kg i.v. bolus, n = 4) or a combination of SB203580 plus AMP579 (n = 5). Regional ventricular function was monitored by measurements of segment shortening and load insensitive parameters including preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW) and PRSW area (PRSWA). The ischemic area at risk was similar in all groups and there was no necrosis in any heart. Treatment with AMP579 significantly improved reperfusion regional PRSW and PRSWA compared to vehicle controls. The p38 inhibitor SB203580 alone did not alter the extent of myocardial stunning, but it abolished the beneficial effect of AMP579 pretreatment. These results provide the first evidence that p38 MAPK activation may play an important role in the mechanism by which adenosine agonists attenuate myocardial stunning.
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- Yukihiro Yoshimura
- Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Stevens RM, Salik Jahania M, Mentzer RM, Lasley RD. Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition attenuates in vivo porcine myocardial stunning. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 77:651-7. [PMID: 14759454 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)01355-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inhibition of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 1 with HOE-642 (cariporide) has been shown to protect against ischemia-reperfusion injury and to decrease myocardial cell death in numerous animal preparations; however the effects of cariporide in stunned myocardium are not as well understood. We sought to determine whether cariporide attenuated myocardial stunning in vivo. METHODS Open chest anesthetized pigs (22-33 kg) were subjected to 15 min of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion followed by 3 h of reperfusion. Regional ventricular function was assessed by segment shortening. Contractility was measured by stroke work and by load-insensitive preload recruitable stroke work and preload recruitable stroke work area. Vehicle or HOE-642 (1 mg/kg, IV) was administered 10 min before LAD occlusion. RESULTS Cariporide treatment significantly improved postischemic segment shortening, stroke work, preload recruitable stroke work, and preload recruitable stroke work area and had no systemic hemodynamic effects. After 3 h of reperfusion, control animals recovered 33% +/- 4% and 33% +/- 3% of preischemic LAD segment shortening and preload recruitable stroke work area values, respectively, whereas animals treated with HOE-642 recovered 59% +/- 6% and 57% +/- 6%, respectively (p < 0.05). Seven (39%) of 17 control animals exhibited ventricular fibrillation during reperfusion; none of the cariporide-treated pigs fibrillated. CONCLUSIONS Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition can attenuate postischemic myocardial stunning in addition to its well-described anti-infarct properties. Inhibition of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger may be beneficial in patients susceptible to postischemic myocardial dysfunction associated with cardiac surgery.
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- Randy M Stevens
- Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00124-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sunderdiek U, Schmitz-Spanke S, Korbmacher B, Gams E, Schipke JD. Preconditioning: myocardial function and energetics during coronary hypoperfusion and reperfusion. Ann Thorac Surg 2002; 74:2147-55. [PMID: 12643409 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03882-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ischemic preconditioning (IP) is gaining more acceptance as a protective method in beating heart surgery. Yet it remains controversial whether preconditioning can attenuate myocardial dysfunction during reperfusion after severe coronary hypoperfusion. We examined this issue and also the issue of whether this protection is mediated by adenosine A1 receptors. METHODS In isolated, blood-perfused rabbit hearts, the effects of IP (3 minutes of no flow ischemia and 8 minutes of reperfusion) during 30 minutes of coronary hypoperfusion and 60 minutes of reperfusion were investigated. In two groups (n = 8 each) with and without (control group) preconditioning, ventricular function was assessed by load-insensitive measures: slope of the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (Emax), slope of the stroke work/end-diastolic volume relation (Mw), and end-diastolic pressure-volume relation. External efficiency was calculated, and contractile efficiency was assessed using the reciprocal of the myocardial oxygen consumption-pressure-volume area relationship. To investigate the possible role of adenosine, the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist DPCPX (2.5 micromol/L) was administered before preconditioning in a third group (n = 7). RESULTS The effects of hypoperfusion on systolic function, diastolic function (dP/dtmin, end-diastolic pressure-volume relation), external efficiency, and contractile efficiency were similar in both the IP and control groups. Lactate efflux was significantly reduced after preconditioning (p = 0.02). During reperfusion, recovery of systolic function and coronary flow were significantly improved in the IP group compared with controls: aortic flow, 85% versus 63% (p = 0.01); dP/dtmax, 91% versus 67% (p = 0.001); pressure-volume area, 97% versus 68% (p = 0.01); Emax, 74% versus 62% (p = 0.03); and Mw, 94% versus 84% (p = 0.04). Release of creatine kinase was reduced in the IP group, 9.6 +/- 1.3 U x 5 min(-1) x 100 g(-1) wet weight, versus controls, 12.7 +/- 2.7 U x 5 min(-1) x 100 g(-1) wet weight (p = 0.04). During reperfusion, contractile efficiency (p = 0.03) and external efficiency (p = 0.02) recovered better in preconditioned than in untreated hearts. Recovery was less pronounced in the DPCPX group compared with the IP group (p, not significant). CONCLUSIONS The results, derived from load-insensitive measures, confirm that IP provides protection after episodes of severe hypoperfusion by attenuating systolic dysfunction without improving diastolic dysfunction and reduces the severity of anaerobic metabolism as well as ischemic injury. Contractile efficiency and external efficiency both indicate improved energetics after IP (oxygen utilization by the contractile apparatus). The protective effect, at least in part, is mediated by adenosine A1 receptors.
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- Ulrich Sunderdiek
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Sigg DC, Coles JA, Oeltgen PR, Iaizzo PA. Role of delta-opioid receptor agonists on infarct size reduction in swine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H1953-60. [PMID: 12003798 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01045.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Opioids are involved in cardiac ischemic preconditioning. Important species differences in cellular signaling mechanisms, antiarrhythmic, and antistunning effects have been described. The role of the delta-opioid receptor activation in swine remains unknown. Forty minutes before a 45-min occlusion and 180-min reperfusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery, open-chest, pentobarbital-anesthetized swine received either 1) saline (controls); 2) [D-Ala(2),D-Leu(5)]enkephalin (DADLE); 3) [D-Pen(2,5)]enkephalin (DPDPE); 4) deltorphin-D, a novel delta(2)-opioid agonist; or 5) ischemic preconditioning (IP). Assessed were 1) infarct size to area at risk (IS, triphenyltetrazolium staining), 2) regional and global myocardial function (sonomicrometry, ventricular pressure catheters), and 3) arrhythmias (electrocardiogram analyses). It was found that DPDPE and deltorphin-D pretreatment reduced IS from 64.7 +/- 5 to 36.5 +/- 6% and 27.4 +/- 11% (P < 0.01), respectively, whereas DADLE had no effect (66.8 +/- 3%). Both IP and DADLE had a proarrhythmic effect (P < 0.01). However, no differences in global or regional myocardial function or arrhythmia scores were observed between groups. This suggests that delta-receptor-specific opioids provide cardioprotection in swine.
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- Daniel C Sigg
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Suematsu Y, Ohtsuka T, Hirata Y, Maeda K, Imanaka K, Takamoto S. L-Arginine given after ischaemic preconditioning can enhance cardioprotection in isolated rat hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001; 19:873-9. [PMID: 11404145 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00699-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Ischaemic or pharmacological preconditioning with L-arginine has been reported to be insufficient for optimal cardioprotection. The ability of nitric oxide (NO) to enhance ischaemic preconditioning was assessed, and the role of L-arginine-induced ischaemic preconditioning in myocardial protection was determined. METHODS Isolated rat hearts were prepared and divided into six groups: control hearts (control, n=6) were perfused without global ischaemia at 37 degrees C for 160 min; global ischaemia hearts (GI, n=6) were subjected to ischaemia for 20 min and reperfusion for 120 min; ischaemic preconditioned hearts (IP, n=6) received 2 min of zero-flow global ischaemia followed by 5 min reperfusion, before 20 min of global ischaemia; L-arginine hearts (ARG, n=6) received 1 mmol/l L-arginine for 5 min, before 20 min of global ischaemia; ischaemic preconditioning plus nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hearts (IP+L-NAME, n=6) received 2 min of ischaemic preconditioning and 5 min reperfusion with 3 mmol/l L-NAME in Krebs-Henseleit buffer, before 20 min of global ischaemia; and ischaemic preconditioning plus L-arginine hearts (IP+ARG, n=6) received 2 min of ischaemic preconditioning and 5 min reperfusion with 1 mmol/l L-arginine in Krebs-Henseleit buffer. Haemodynamic parameters and coronary flow were recorded continuously. Nitrites and nitrates (NOx) were measured 5 and 60 min after reperfusion, and infarct size was also determined. RESULTS In the IP+ARG group, significant amelioration and preservation of left ventricular peak developed pressure and coronary flow was observed compared with the GI, IP, ARG and IP+L-NAME groups. Infarct size in the IP+ARG group was reduced significantly compared with that in the GI, IP, ARG and IP+L-NAME groups. Significant preservation of NOx was observed during reperfusion in the IP+ARG group compared with the GI group. CONCLUSIONS Inhibition of NO synthase with L-NAME had little impact on ischaemic preconditioning, suggesting that endogenous NO is not a major mediator of ischaemic preconditioning. Nevertheless, enhancement of the effects of ischaemic preconditioning can be achieved with L-arginine, a precursor of NO, improving post-ischaemic functional recovery and infarct size in the isolated rat heart.
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- Y Suematsu
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan.
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Efstathiou A, Seraskeris S, Papakonstantinou C, Aidonopoulos A, Lazou A. Differential effect of preconditioning on post-ischaemic myocardial performance in the absence of substantial infarction and in extensively infarcted rat hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001; 19:493-9. [PMID: 11306319 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00602-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES There is controversy concerning the beneficial effects of ischaemic preconditioning during short periods of ischaemia (stunning). The aim of the study was to investigate post-ischaemic myocardial performance after various periods of ischaemia in both non-preconditioned and preconditioned hearts and to compare these results with infarct volume estimation. METHODS Isolated perfused rat hearts were subjected to various periods of sustained ischaemia (15, 20, 30, and 45 min). Haemodynamic parameters, infarct size and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage were recorded in both preconditioned and non-preconditioned hearts. RESULTS After 15 min of ischaemia, preconditioned hearts revealed significantly lower developed pressure than non-preconditioned hearts (80+/-4.1 vs. 95+/-0.3%, P=0.02). In the 20 min ischaemia group, preconditioning resulted in non-significantly lower developed pressure (76+/-3.1% in preconditioned hearts vs. 87+/-5.3% in non-preconditioned hearts, P=0.11). In these groups infarct volume was small and not different between non-preconditioned and preconditioned hearts. After 30 min of ischaemia, preconditioning significantly improved developed pressure (66+/-3.1% in preconditioned and 44+/-5% in non-preconditioned hearts, P=0.002). LDH leakage was significantly higher in non-preconditioned hearts compared with preconditioned hearts (16+/-2.3 vs. 9.0+/-1.3, P=0.04), whereas infarct volume was not (12.5+/-0.8 and 9.8+/-1.5, respectively, P=0.1). Non-preconditioned hearts of this group, subjected to inotropic stimulation at the end of reperfusion, responded poorly. Significantly higher developed pressure was attained by preconditioned hearts (150+/-3.1 vs. 123+/-7.5%, P=0.01). After 45 min of ischaemia, preconditioning resulted in 69% limitation of infarct volume (P<0.0001) and 53% reduction in LDH release (P=0.009). Developed pressure was 57+/-8.5% in preconditioned hearts and 32+/-4.5% in non-preconditioned hearts (P=0.02). CONCLUSIONS When ischaemic insult results in minimally lethal injuries, preconditioned hearts do not have the advantage of not being prone to stunning rather than non-preconditioned. If ischaemic insult is potentially able to produce extensive infarction, improvement in post-ischaemic myocardial function is mainly due to infarct size limitation evoked by preconditioning.
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- A Efstathiou
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
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Lasley RD, Jahania MS, Mentzer RM. Beneficial effects of adenosine A(2a) agonist CGS-21680 in infarcted and stunned porcine myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H1660-6. [PMID: 11247777 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.4.h1660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although there are conflicting results on whether adenosine infusion during reperfusion alters infarct size, there are several reports that indicate adenosine A(2a) agonists reduce infarct size. There are also reports that the A(2a) agonist CGS-21680 increases cAMP and contractility in ventricular myocytes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether low-dose intracoronary infusions of CGS-21680 during reperfusion exert any beneficial effects in irreversibly and reversibly injured myocardium. Open-chest pigs were submitted to 60 min of coronary artery occlusion and 3 h of reperfusion. Treated pigs were administered intracoronary CGS-21680 (0.2 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)) for the first 60 min of reperfusion. Pigs submitted to regional stunning (15 min ischemia) were treated with intracoronary CGS-21680 (0.15 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)) after 2 h of reperfusion. In the infarct protocol, CGS-21680 reduced infarct size from 62 +/- 2% of the region at risk to 36 +/- 2%. In stunned myocardium, CGS increased load-independent regional preload recruitable stroke work and area by > or =70%, but the same infusion in normal myocardium was associated with no inotropic effect. Both beneficial effects were associated with little systemic hemodynamic effects. These findings suggest that reperfusion infusions of low doses of the A(2a) agonist CGS-21680 exert beneficial effects in reversibly and irreversibly injured myocardium.
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- R D Lasley
- Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA.
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Hatori N, Segawa D, Hinokiyama K, Kimura T, Iizuka Y, Ochi M, Tanaka S. Effects of ischemic preconditioning and synchronized coronary venous retroperfusion in an off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting model. Artif Organs 2001; 25:47-52. [PMID: 11167559 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2001.025001047.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has become a popular procedure. However, temporary occlusion of the target vessel is sometimes a threat to the patients. Although ischemic preconditioning (IP) has been proposed to reduce myocardial injury, its effects remain controversial. The coronary veins represent an alternate route for delivery of therapeutic agents and arterial blood to the acutely ischemic myocardium. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury of combined IP and synchronized coronary venous retroperfusion (SCVR) in an off-pump CABG model. Twenty-one pigs were assigned to 3 groups of 7 animals. In the control group, the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) was occluded for 45 min followed by 2 h of reperfusion using a left intrathoracic artery (LITA) bypass circuit. In the IP group, LAD occlusion was done for 5 min with 15 min of reperfusion, followed by 45 min of LAD occlusion. In the SCVR group, pretreatment before LAD occlusion was the same as in the IP group. Then, SCVR was commenced just after the start of LAD occlusion for 45 min. The percent systolic shortening of ischemic myocardium (measured by sonomicrometry) after reperfusion via the LITA was significantly (p < 0.001) greater in the SCVR group (14.6 +/- 3.3%) than in the control group (-1.6 +/- 5.6%, 95%CI: -24.3 - -8.1) or the IP group (0.7 +/- 8.0%, 95%CI: -22.0 - -5.8) after 30 min of reperfusion, and this difference persisted throughout the reperfusion period. Infarct size (expressed as a percentage of the area at risk) was significantly (p < 0.001) smaller in the SCVR group (2.4 +/- 2.7%) than in the control group (83.0 +/- 2.3%, 95%CI: -99.0 - -62.4) or the IP group (42.0 +/- 23.0%, 95%CI: -58.0 - -21.3). Combined SCVR and IP had a potent myocardial protective effect in the present off-pump CABG model. This method may be clinically feasible and may be able to prolong a safe coronary occlusion.
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- N Hatori
- Department of Surgery II, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. hatori_nobuo/
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Lasley RD, Narayan P, Mentzer RM. New insights into adenosine receptor modulation of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Drug Dev Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Both inflammation and infarction may produce a similar clinical picture, including ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram. Typically, inflammation affects the whole myocardium, resulting in characteristic electrocardiographic changes in all epicardial leads. We describe a case of poststernotomy mediastinitis which produced electrocardiographic changes mimicking an acute inferior myocardial infarction.
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- P A Catarino
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, England.
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