title: Does remote organ ischaemia trigger cardiac preconditioning during coronary artery surgery?
abstract: The aim of this study is to provide biochemical evidence of the occurrence of cardiac preconditioning via remote organ ischaemia on the patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. Eight male patients were randomly allocated into two groups. Blood samples were collected via coronary perfusion catheter immediately before cardiopulmonary bypass (point 0), prior to declamping aorta (point 1) and 5 min after declamping the aorta (point 2) to determine creatinine phosphokinase (CPK), CPK-MB and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in the control group. A tourniquet wrapped around the right upper extremity of the patient was inflated and deflated twice to perform 3 min of ischaemia separated with 2 min of reperfusion in the preconditioning group. Blood samples were withdrawn as described for the control group. Only LDH levels at point 2 were found to be significantly higher than the control group's. These data implied that preconditioning appeared to protect myocardium by enhancing anaerobic glycolysis.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Gazi University, Turkey. gunaydin@marketweb.net.tr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Günaydin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cakici
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soncul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalaycioglu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cevik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sancak
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanzik
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karadenizli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000502:physiology; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014111:Tourniquets
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D003402:Creatine Kinase