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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 553-555, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Donor deep hypothermia or donor pretreatment with prostaglandin E1 and single pulmonary artery flush for heart-lung graft preservation: an experimental primate study

A Harjula, JC Baldwin and NE Shumway
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, CA.

Using cardiopulmonary bypass to cool the graft and flushing the lungs with cold crystalloid solution are the most popular methods for clinical cardiopulmonary preservation. Heart-lung transplantation was carried out in 11 cynomolgus monkeys. Donor cardiac preservation was achieved with cold crystalloid cardioplegic solution (10 ml per kilogram of body weight) in all animals. Lung preservation was achieved with a rollerhead pump and by cooling (12 degrees C) the donor in one group of 4 animals (deep hypothermia group) and infusing cold (4 degrees C) modified Euro-Collins solution (15 ml/kg X 4 minutes) into the main pulmonary artery of 7 donors pretreated with prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) (PGE1 group). PGE1 was given intravenously (0.5 to 4.0 micrograms/kg/min) beginning 15 minutes prior to aortic cross-clamping and was continued during administration of the pulmonary cooling solution. In the deep hypothermia group, no pharmacotherapy was used. Grafts were stored at 4 degrees C for about 6 hours. After heart-lung transplantation, arterial blood gases were measured on 40% inspired oxygen and 2 to 3 cm of positive end-expiratory pressure, and were significantly higher in the PGE1 group than the deep hypothermia group after 8 hours of reperfusion (p = 0.04). The partial pressure of arterial oxygen decreased significantly during the 8 hours of reperfusion in the deep hypothermia group (153 to 108 mm Hg; p = 0.01) and increased in the PGE1 group (189 to 218 mm Hg;p = 0.0002). Eighty- six percent of the animals in the PGE1 group survived more than 24 hours (p = 0.03). There were no survivors in the deep hypothermia group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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