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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:197-205
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original articles: Cardiovascular

Cardioplegia and ischemia in the canine heart evaluated by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy

David F. Torchiana, MDa, Anthony J. Vine, MDa, Khaled O. Shebani, MDa, Howard L. Kantor, MD, PhDb,c, James S. Titusa, Cheng-Zai Lu, BSa, Willard M. Daggett, MDa, Gillian A. Geffin, MB, BSa

a Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
b Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
c Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Torchiana, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital BUL119, Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114
e-mail: torchiana.david{at}mgh.harvard.edu

Background. Warm continuous blood cardioplegia provides excellent protection, but must be interrupted by ischemic intervals to aid visualization. We hypothesized that (1) as ischemia is prolonged, the reduced metabolic rate offered by cooling gives the advantage to hypothermic cardioplegia; and (2) prior cardioplegia mitigates the deleterious effects of normothermic ischemia.

Methods. Isolated cross-perfused canine hearts underwent cardioplegic arrest followed by 45 minutes of global ischemia at 10°C or 37°C, or 45 minutes of normothermic ischemia without prior cardioplegia. Left ventricular function was measured at baseline and during 2 hours of recovery. Metabolism was continuously evaluated by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Results. Adenosine triphosphate was 71% ± 4%, 71% ± 7%, and 38% ± 5% of baseline at 30 minutes, and 71% ± 4%, 48% ± 5%, and 39% ± 6% at 42 minutes of ischemia in the cold ischemia, warm ischemia, and normothermic ischemia without prior cardioplegia groups, respectively. Left ventricular systolic function, left ventricular relaxation, and high-energy phosphate levels recovered fully after cold cardioplegia and ischemia. Prior cardioplegia delayed the decline in intracellular pH during normothermic ischemia initially by 9 minutes, and better preserved left ventricular relaxation during recovery, but did not ameliorate the severe postischemic impairment of left ventricular systolic function, marked adenosine triphosphate depletion, and creatine phosphate increase. Left ventricular distensibility decreased in all groups.

Conclusions. When cardioplegia is followed by prolonged ischemia, better protection is provided by hypothermia than by normothermia. Prior cardioplegia confers little advantage on recovery after prolonged normothermic ischemia but delays initial ischemic metabolic deterioration, which would contribute to the safety of brief interruptions of warm cardioplegia.




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