title: Cardiac function and myocardial performance of 24-hour-preserved asphyxiated canine hearts.
abstract: A method of 24-hour storage of asphyxiated canine hearts for orthotopic cardiac transplantation was studied to expand the geographical size of the donor pool. Left ventricular function of asphyxiated hearts preserved for 24 hours (group 1, n = 8) was compared with that of hearts donated on-site (group 2, n = 5). Group 1 donors were pretreated with verapamil hydrochloride, propranolol hydrochloride, and prostacyclin. The donor hearts were perfused with warm blood cardioplegia in situ after 10 minutes of asphyxiation and then perfused with cold crystalloid cardioplegia for 2 hours. The hearts were excised and stored in ice-cold University of Wisconsin solution for 22 hours. At orthotopic transplantation, coronary perfusion with warm blood cardioplegia was performed before the graft aorta was unclamped. Conventional cardiac variables (eg, cardiac output and maximum rate of rise of left ventricular pressure), myocardial performance, and diastolic compliance of grafted hearts were assessed 1 hour after weaning from bypass. All recipients in both groups were easily weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass without inotropic agents, and there were no significant differences in cardiac variables between the two groups. These results strongly suggest that cadaver hearts can be preserved for 24 hours with satisfactory cardiac function.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirakura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuwaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004285:Dogs; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D009926:Organ Preservation
chemical_list: D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions