title: [Assessment of perioperative myocardial damage based on circulating heavy chain myosin fragments].
abstract: To evaluate myocardial damage induced by coronary bypass surgery, to construct a reference data set in postoperative patients and to ascertain the impact of perioperative myocardial infarction on myosin release from sarcolemmal membrane we serially measured levels of serum fragments of myosin heavy chains by means of monoclonal antibody immunoradiometric assay (MYOSIN IRMA ERIA Pasteur). After surgery serum levels of myosin increased from third postoperative day and peaked on seventh day. Peak myosin levels did correlate with enzymatic activities of CPK (r = 0.69; p < 0.001) and of CPK-MB (r = 0.75; p < 0.001). Six patients suffered postoperative myocardial infarction: in these patients myosin levels were significantly different from those without infarctions (3651 +/- 1569 versus 699 +/- 206 ng/ml; p < 0.01). No correlation could be demonstrated between cardiopulmonary bypass time or aortic cross clamp duration. The rise of myosin levels observed in nearly all patients suggests a minor intraoperative damage to the contractile apparatus that sometimes is diagnosed as myocardial infarction and often does not meet clinical diagnostic criteria.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Università degli Studi, Parma.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Contini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Astorri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gavaruzzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campodonico
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albertini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reverberi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fesani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015879:Myosin Subfragments
vernacular_title: Valutazione del danno citomiocardico perioperatorio mediante dosaggio dei frammenti circolanti delle catene pesanti di miosina.