title: Salvage of ischemic myocardium by nonsynchronized retroperfusion in the pig.
abstract: Salvage of ischemic myocardium, with the aid of a nonsynchronized coronary sinus retroperfusion system, was studied in a pig infarct model. In anesthetized open chested animals, the left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for 4 hours and then reperfused for 1 hour before the animals were killed. In the control group (n = 12) no therapy was used. In the experimental group (n = 13), nonsynchronized retrovenous coronary sinus perfusion was applied during the 4 hours of coronary artery occlusion. Therapy consisted of intermittent balloon occlusion of the coronary sinus (5-second inflation, 5-second deflation) with retroperfusion of arterial blood at 60 ml/min during the inflation part of the cycle. Infarct size, expressed as a percentage of the area at risk (+/- standard deviation), was significantly smaller in the experimental group (41.5% +/- 15.0%) than in the control group (80.5% +/- 6.1%) (p less than 0.001). Mean coronary sinus pressure (+/- standard deviation) was 51 +/- 12 mm Hg in the experimental group but was not elevated in the control animals. We conclude that nonsynchronized retrovenous coronary sinus perfusion was able to significantly salvage ischemic myocardium in a model of minimal intercoronary collateral circulation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratory, Toronto Hospital Corporation, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Ropchan
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Feindel
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boylen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sandhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D010477:Perfusion; D013552:Swine