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Ann Thorac Surg 1980;30:527-535
© 1980 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
From the Naval Blood Research Laboratory and the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
* Address reprint requests to Dr. Valeri, Naval Blood Research Laboratory, 615 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118
The oxygen affinity of red cells increases stepwise with temperature reductions below 37°C. In vitro studies demonstrated that biochemically modified red cells with increased 2,3 diphosphoglycerate (2,3 DPG) (150% and 250% of normal) exhibited significantly less oxygen affinity at 24°C than did unmodified cells. At 15°C, significant attenuation of affinity was observed with 250%, but not 150%, of normal 2,3 DPG cells.
Measurements made of isolated fibrillating dog hearts during perfusion at 24°C alternately with unmodified (80% of normal 2,3 DPG) and modified (300% of normal 2,3 DPG) red cells demonstrated significantly greater oxygen consumption, higher coronary sinus partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide, higher in vitro P50 values, and lower arterial and coronary sinus lactate levels during perfusion with modified as compared with unmodified cells. This evidence, indicating improved oxygen delivery to hypothermic dog hearts by red cells with 300% of normal 2,3 DPG activity, suggests that high 2,3 DPG cells might protect mycardial tissue in patients undergoing hypothermic cardiac operation.
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