Abstract | BACKGROUND: Ex vivo heart perfusion (EVHP) has been proposed as a means to facilitate the resuscitation of donor hearts after cardiocirculatory death ( DCD) and increase the donor pool. However, the current approach to clinical EVHP may exacerbate myocardial injury and impair function after transplant. Therefore, we sought to determine if a cardioprotective EVHP strategy that eliminates myocardial exposure to hypothermic hyperkalemia cardioplegia and minimizes cold ischemia could facilitate successful DCD heart transplantation. METHODS: Anesthetized pigs sustained a hypoxic cardiac arrest and a 15-minute warm ischemic standoff period. Strategy 1 hearts (S1, n = 9) underwent initial reperfusion with a cold hyperkalemic cardioplegia, normothermic EVHP, and transplantation after a cold hyperkalemic cardioplegic arrest (current EVHP strategy). Strategy 2 hearts (S2, n = 8) underwent initial reperfusion with a tepid adenosine- lidocaine cardioplegia, normothermic EVHP, and transplantation with continuous myocardial perfusion (cardioprotective EVHP strategy). RESULTS: At completion of EVHP, S2 hearts exhibited less weight gain (9.7 ± 6.7 [S2] vs 21.2 ± 6.7 [S1] g/hour, p = 0.008) and less troponin-I release into the coronary sinus effluent (4.2 ± 1.3 [S2] vs 6.3 ± 1.5 [S1] ng/ml; p = 0.014). Mass spectrometry analysis of oxidized pleural in post-transplant myocardium revealed less oxidative stress in S2 hearts. At 30 minutes after wean from cardiopulmonary bypass, post-transplant systolic (pre-load recruitable stroke work: 33.5 ± 1.3 [S2] vs 19.7 ± 10.9 [S1], p = 0.043) and diastolic (isovolumic relaxation constant: 42.9 ± 6.7 [S2] vs 65.2 ± 21.1 [S1], p = 0.020) function were superior in S2 hearts. CONCLUSION: In this experimental model of DCD, an EVHP strategy using initial reperfusion with a tepid adenosine- lidocaine cardioplegia and continuous myocardial perfusion minimizes myocardial injury and improves short-term post-transplant function compared with the current EVHP strategy using cold hyperkalemic cardioplegia before organ procurement and transplantation.
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Authors | Christopher W White, Ayyaz Ali, Devin Hasanally, Bo Xiang, Yun Li, Paul Mundt, Matthew Lytwyn, Simon Colah, Julianne Klein, Amir Ravandi, Rakesh C Arora, Trevor W Lee, Larry Hryshko, Stephen Large, Ganghong Tian, Darren H Freed |
Journal | The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
(J Heart Lung Transplant)
Vol. 32
Issue 7
Pg. 734-43
(Jul 2013)
ISSN: 1557-3117 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23796155
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Topics |
- Adenosine
(therapeutic use)
- Animals
- Death
- Female
- Heart Arrest, Induced
- Heart Transplantation
- Lidocaine
(therapeutic use)
- Organ Preservation
(methods)
- Perfusion
- Swine
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