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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 88, 411-423, Copyright © 1984 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Myocardial protection during prolonged aortic cross-clamping. Comparison of blood and crystalloid cardioplegia

FP Catinella, JN Cunningham Jr and FC Spencer

We compared the ability of blood and crystalloid cardioplegia to protect the myocardium during prolonged arrest. Twelve dogs underwent 180 minutes of continuous arrest. Group I (six dogs) received 750 ml of blood cardioplegic solution (potassium chloride 30 mEq/L) initially and every 30 minutes. Group II (six dogs) received an identical amount of crystalloid cardioplegic solution (potassium chloride 30 mEq, methylprednisolone 1 gm, and 50% dextrose in water 16 ml/L of electrolyte solution). Temperature was 10 degrees C and pH 8.0 in both groups. Studies of myocardial biochemistry, physiology, and ultrastructure were completed before arrest and 30 minutes after normothermic reperfusion. Biopsy specimens for determination of adenosine triphosphate were obtained before, during, and after the arrest interval. Regional myocardial blood flow, total coronary blood flow, and myocardial oxygen consumption were statistically unchanged in Group I (p greater than 0.05). Total coronary blood flow rose 196% +/- 49% in Group II (p less than 0.005), and left ventricular endocardial/epicardial flow ratio fell significantly in this group from 1.51 +/- 0.18 to 0.8 +/- 0.09, p less than 0.01 (mean +/- standard error of the mean. The rise in myocardial oxygen consumption was not significant in this group (34% +/- 36%, p greater than 0.05). Ventricular function and compliance were statistically unchanged in both groups. In Group II, adenosine triphosphate fell 18% +/- 3.4% (p less than 0.005) after 30 minutes of reperfusion; it was unchanged in Group I. Ultrastructural appearance in both groups correlated with these changes. We conclude that blood cardioplegia offers several distinct advantages over crystalloid cardioplegia during prolonged arrest.

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