title: University of Wisconsin solution for human donor heart preservation: initial clinical experience.
abstract: Although in vitro and primate orthotopic transplant experiments have suggested the superiority of University of Wisconsin solution (UWS) compared with crystalloid cardioplegia and saline solution storage for hypothermic heart preservation, concerns about the viscosity and the high potassium concentration of UWS have precluded its use in human cardiac transplantation. To test the safety and efficacy of UWS, 16 patients received hearts arrested with, flushed with, and stored in UWS at 4 degrees C for a mean ischemic time of 153.3 +/- 30.7 minutes. After reperfusion, the hearts contracted vigorously and attained a stable sinus rhythm within 4.0 +/- 2.4 minutes, and the patients were weaned from bypass in 24.5 +/- 8.0 minutes. There was no evidence of acute or chronic ischemic myocardial injury by enzymatic analysis, electrocardiography, or biopsy specimen histology. The results suggest UWS can be safely used, within currently accepted limits of donor ischemic time, to arrest and preserve human hearts for transplantation. Further studies of preservation are required to compare UWS with crystalloid cardioplegia and saline solution storage and to test the ability of UWS to prolong the period of safe donor hypothermic ischemia in clinical heart transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jeevanandam
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Auteri
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Schenkel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marboe
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine; D000328:Adult; D000493:Allopurinol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione; D006321:Heart; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions; D011887:Raffinose; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions; D007328:Insulin; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions; D012996:Solutions; C055206:University of Wisconsin-lactobionate solution; D000493:Allopurinol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D005978:Glutathione; D000241:Adenosine; D011887:Raffinose