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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1566-1571
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: cardiovascular

Metabolic changes and myocardial injury during cardioplegia: a pilot study

Jai S. Raman, MBBSa, Rinaldo Bellomo, MD*b, Matthew Hayhoe, MBBSc, Mary Tsamitros, BSd, Brian F. Buxton, MBBSa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
b Department of Intensive Care, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
c Department of Anesthesia, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
d Department of Laboratory Medicine, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Accepted for publication June 28, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Bellomo, Department of Intensive Care, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Studley Rd, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
e-mail: rb{at}austin.unimelb.edu.au

Background. The timing, nature, and severity of both increased cardiac troponin I (cTn-I) levels and myocardial injury during ischemic arrest with cardioplegia are unknown. To define them more accurately, we studied myocardial metabolic activity and the release of markers of myocardial cell injury into the coronary sinus before, during, and after cardioplegia.

Methods. We simultaneously measured creatine kinase, creatine kinase-MB, cTn-I, lactate, phosphate, and blood gases in coronary sinus and systemic arterial blood from 12 patients before cardiopulmonary bypass, after removal of the aortic cross-clamp, and after discontinuation of cardiopulmonary bypass. We also measured coronary sinus flow and transmyocardial fluxes of all analytes and calculated myocardial oxygen consumption, myocardial carbon dioxide production, and myocardial energy expenditure.

Results. Myocardial lactate release increased 10-fold after removal of the aortic cross-clamp (p = 0.012) and was accompanied by a surge in myocardial phosphate uptake (p = 0.056). These events were associated with only partial cardioplegia-induced suppression of myocardial oxygen consumption (p = 0.0047), myocardial carbon dioxide production (p = 0.0022), and myocardial energy expenditure (p = 0.0029). Simultaneously, coronary sinus cTn-I levels increased from a mean of 0.76 to 2.43 ng/mL after removal of the aortic cross-clamp, and 2.51 ng/mL after cardiopulmonary bypass (p = 0.014), leading to an increase in arterial cTn-I concentration from 0.18 to 0.98 and 3.01 ng/mL (p = 0.0002). Thus, cTn-I release across the myocardium was absent at baseline, became detectable (p = 0.012) after removal of the aortic cross-clamp, and correlated with cross-clamp and pump times. Similar changes occurred with creatine kinase-MB.

Conclusions. Metabolic myocardial stress occurs during ischemic arrest with cardioplegia and is associated with inadequate suppression of metabolism and with a surge in cTn-I and creatine kinase-MB release, which is maximal after removal of the aortic cross-clamp. These changes are likely to represent structural myocardial cell injury.




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