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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;45:650-655
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Protection of the Neonatal Heart Following Normothermic Ischemia: A Comparison of Oxygenated Saline and Oxygenated versus Nonoxygenated Cardioplegia

Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Accepted for publication December 29, 1987.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Bove, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, 2120 Taubman Health Care Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0344

Optimal methods of myocardial preservation in the neonate remain unknown. Hypothermia and cardioplegia have been shown to protect neonatal hearts, but few studies have examined the effects of cardioplegia when administered at normothermia. Accordingly, the role of 37°C St. Thomas' cardioplegic solution in protecting the neonatal heart during 1 hour of ischemia in an isolated working rabbit heart model was examined. Both oxygenated and nonoxygenated cardioplegic solutions (CSs) were evaluated and compared with an oxygenated physiological saline solution (PSS). Following ischemia, control hearts were characterized by severely impaired left ventricular function, whereas all three treatment groups recovered well, indicating that the treatments provided substantial protection. Aortic flow recovered to 62, 63, and 57% of preischemic values for the oxygenated CS, nonoxygenated CS, and oxygenated PSS groups, respectively. Similarly, rate of change of pressure recovered to 76, 80, and 76% of preischemic values for oxygenated CS, nonoxygenated CS, and oxygenated PSS groups. All values were significantly greater than those for the control group. Recovery of developed pressure was significantly improved in all three groups. End-diastolic pressure rose markedly following ischemia in control hearts, was not increased after ischemia in hearts receiving oxygenated and nonoxygenated CS, but was increased in the oxygenated PSS group. These data indicate that crystalloid cardioplegia and oxygenated PSS provide substantial protection in neonatal rabbit hearts, even when delivered at 37°C. No additional benefit was seen when the cardioplegic solution was oxygenated. Therefore, either method of balancing the oxygen supply/demand ratio appears to be beneficial: supplying oxygen intermittently during ischemia (oxygenated PSS group) or decreasing oxygen demand during the ischemic period (cardioplegia groups).

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