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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;65:115-124
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Effect of Pressure on Myocardial Function After 6-Hour Preservation With Blood Cardioplegia

Gefeng Li, MD, John A. Sullivan, MD, John M. You, MD, Richard I. Hall, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dalhousie University, and The Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Department of Anaesthesiology, Dalhousie University, and The Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, and The Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Accepted for publication July 12, 1997.

Dr Sullivan, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The New Infirmary Hospital, Room 2269, Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Centre, 1796 Summer St, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3A7.

Background. This study examined the return of cardiac function in pig hearts after 6 hours’ preservation by continuous perfusion with blood cardioplegia at two perfusion pressures compared with preservation with crystalloid solutions.

Methods. Isolated pig hearts were randomly divided into five groups (n = 8 per group) according to the following treatments: group 1 = fresh hearts (control); group 2 = hearts arrested with Queen’s cocktail cardioplegia and then immersion in 0°C saline solution (QS group); group 3 = hearts arrested with (5°C) and simple immersion in 0°C University of Wisconsin solution (UW group); and groups 4 and 5 = hearts arrested with blood cardioplegia at 10°C and then continuously perfused at a pressure of 80 cm H2O or 40 cm H2O, respectively (groups BC80 and BC40). After preservation for 6 hours, donor hearts were reperfused by a cross-circulation support pig. Thereafter, cardiac function and metabolism were examined every half hour for 2 hours. A three-way mixed general linear model was used to analyze data with repeated measures. Bonferroni test was used to determine differences (p <= 0.05) between groups.

Results. Only 4 hearts recovered electric activity in the BC80 group (p <= 0.05 versus other groups). There was poor recovery of left ventricular work in the BC80 group compared with the other groups (p < 0.001). Left ventricular work in the QS and UW groups was also lower than in the control and BC40 groups. Left ventricular work in the BC40 group fully recovered. Maximum elastance did not differ between groups. Compliance was reduced in the QS, BC80, and BC40 groups versus controls after preservation (p < 0.006). Coronary flow decreased and coronary vascular resistance increased in the BC80 group versus the other groups (p <= 0.001). Coronary flow in the QS, UW, and BC40 groups was lower than in the control group (p < 0.001). The magnitude of lactate release was much higher in the BC80 group than in the other groups (p <= 0.001).

Conclusions. Continuous perfusion with 10°C blood cardioplegia at 40 cm H2O pressure for 6 hours provided adequate preservation of systolic function in this model. University of Wisconsin solution provided the best protection of diastolic function.




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