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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Regional Heterogeneity of Myocardial Reperfusion Injury: Effect of Mild Hypothermia

^a Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Glenolden Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Glenolden, Pennsylvania
^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan

Accepted for publication August 7, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Robert C. Gorman, Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Glenolden Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 500 S. Ridgeway Avenue, Glenolden, PA 19036 (Email: gormanr{at}uphs.upenn.edu).

Background: Mild hypothermia confers a myocardial protective effect that may make it a useful adjunct to reperfusion therapy for myocardial infarction (MI). The effect of temperature on the extent and distribution of myocardial reperfusion injury in a collateral deficient ovine model was studied.

Methods: Topical cooling maintained left atrial temperature at 39.5°C (n = 8), 38.5°C (n = 5), 37.5°C (n = 6), 36.5°C (n = 6), or 35.5°C (n = 5) in sheep prior to 1 hour of coronary occlusion to produce an anteroapical myocardial risk area (AR) followed by 3 hours of reperfusion. A dual staining and planimetry technique was used to assess infarct size as a percentage of the AR in 3 myocardial short axis slices that included the entire AR (slice 1= most apical; slice 3= most basal). The subendocardial, midmyocardial, and subepicardial extent in short axis of the infarct was also assessed in each slice. Microspheres assessed transmural blood flow.

Results: At 39.5°C there was a long-axis gradient in myocardial injury that was most severe at the apex and lessened toward the base. The midmyocardial region was most susceptible to injury at all long axis levels. Temperature reduction (as little as 1°C) was associated with improved salvage that was most pronounced in the apical subendocardium and least in the basilar midmyocardium. Reperfusion at 39.5°C resulted in severe transmural microvascular injury (no-reflow) that was completely obviated at temperatures below 38.5°C.

Conclusions: Myocardial reperfusion injury varies over the long and short LV axes. Mild hypothermia preferentially improves myocardial salvage at the LV apex. Small temperature changes can dramatically affect microvascular integrity.

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