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Fetal right ventricular myocardial function is better preserved by fibrillatory arrest during fetal cardiac bypass.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20868837     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Protection and preservation of fetal myocardial function are important for successful fetal intracardiac repair. Our objective was to determine fetal biventricular cardiac performance after two cardiac-arrest techniques. METHODS: Three groups of midterm ovine fetuses underwent 90-minute bypass. A control group (no arrest shams, n = 3), and two groups that included 20 minutes of arrest, using fibrillatory (n = 3) or blood cardioplegia (n = 3), were compared. Blood cardioplegia consisted of 4:1 cold blood to crystalloid solution induction every 10 minutes, followed by a warm shot terminal dose before clamp removal. Myocardial function variables from biventricular intracardiac pressure catheters, and 3-axes cardiac sonomicrometry, fetal hemodynamics, and arterial blood gases were continuously recorded. Fetal myocardium was collected for troponin-I analysis at 90 minutes. Statistical analysis was by two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures. RESULTS: Compared with sham, right ventricular myocardial contractility was reduced with plegia but not fibrillation at 90 minutes after arrest: dP/dt max (511 ± 347 vs 1208 ± 239, p < 0.01) and preload-recruitable stroke work (7.2 ± 8.5 vs 32.3 ± 14.6, p < 0.01). Right ventricular end diastolic pressure-volume relationship (ventricular stiffness) worsened by 90 minutes for plegia vs fibrillation (0.84 ± 0.18 vs 0.25 ± 0.16, p < 0.05). There were no differences in left ventricle performance between groups. Fetal heart rate increased in shams by 30 minutes after arrest compared with both arrest groups (p < 0.05). Right ventricular troponin-I degradation increased with plegia, but not fibrillation, compared with sham (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In vivo, fetal right ventricular contractile function deteriorates with a common blood-plegia regimen. Fibrillatory arrest better preserves right ventricular function, the dominant ventricle in fetal life, for short arrest periods.
Authors:
Orlando Petrucci; R Scott Baker; Christopher T Lam; Casey A Reed; Jodie Y Duffy; Pirooz Eghtesady
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Annals of thoracic surgery     Volume:  90     ISSN:  1552-6259     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Thorac. Surg.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-27     Completed Date:  2010-10-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  15030100R     Medline TA:  Ann Thorac Surg     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1324-31     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cardioplegic Solutions
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods*
Female
Fetus / surgery*
Heart Arrest, Induced / methods*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Hemodynamics
Pregnancy
Recovery of Function
Sheep
Ventricular Fibrillation / metabolism*
Ventricular Function, Right*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1R21-HL093683/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 3R21HL093683-01A1S1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cardioplegic Solutions

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