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Coronary grafts flow and cardiac pacing modalities: how to improve perioperative myocardial perfusion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15200984     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Aim of this study was to investigate modifications of coronary grafts flow during different pacing modalities after CABG. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two separate prospective studies were conducted in patients undergoing CABG and requiring intraoperative epicardial pacing. In a first study (22 patients) coronary grafts flows were measured during dual chamber pacing (DDD) and during ventricular pacing (VVI). In a second study (10 patients) flows were measured during DDD pacing at different atrio-ventricular (A-V) delay periods. A-V delay was adjusted in 25 ms increments from 25 to 250 ms and flow measurements were performed for each A-V delay increment. A transit time flowmeter was used for the measurements. RESULTS: An average of 3.4 grafts/patient were performed. In the first study, average coronary graft flow was 47.4+/-20.8 ml/min during DDD pacing and 41.8+/-18.2 ml/min during VVI pacing (P = 0.0004). Furthermore average systolic pressure was 94.3+/-10.1 mmHg during DDD pacing and 89.6+/-12.2 mmHg during VVV pacing (P = 0.0007). No significant differences in diastolic pressure were recorded during the two different pacing modalities. In the second study, maximal flows were achieved during DDD pacing with an A-V delay of 175 ms (54+/-9.6 ml/min) and minimal flows were detected at 25 ms A-V delay (38.1+/-4.7 ml/min) (P=ns). No significant differences in systolic or diastolic blood pressure were noticed during the different A-V delays. CONCLUSION: Grafts flowmetry provides an extra tool to direct supportive measures such as cardiac pacing after CABG. DDD mode with A-V delay around 175 ms. should be preferred to allow for maximal myocardial perfusion via the grafts.
Authors:
Giuseppe D'Ancona; Martin Hargrove; John Hinchion; B C Ramesh; Jehan Zeb Chughtai; Muhammad Nadeem Anjum; Aonghus O'Donnell; Tom Aherne
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery     Volume:  26     ISSN:  1010-7940     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg     Publication Date:  2004 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-06-17     Completed Date:  2004-09-07     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8804069     Medline TA:  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  85-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. rgea@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Circulation*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods*
Prospective Studies
Vascular Patency*
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Comment In:
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Jan;27(1):177-8; author reply 178   [PMID:  15621502 ]

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