title: Correlation between inflammatory response and markers of neuronal damage in coronary revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may reduce the inflammatory response and the neuronal damage associated with conventional CABG on cardiopulmonary bypass. The purpose of this study was to explore the protective effect of off-pump surgery by assessing plasma inflammatory and neuronal injury markers. Forty-one patients with coronary artery disease undergoing elective CABG were examined: 21 on-pump (Group I) and 20 off-pump (Group II). The perioperative release of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2r), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, S-100 protein (S-100) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) were measured. Postoperative peak values of NSE (p < 0.001) and S-100 (p < 0.05) were significantly lower in Group II. IL-6 showed significantly lower values in off-pump patients (p < 0.001). A significant correlation was found between NSE and IL-6 (p < 0.001). In conclusion, off-pump surgery reduces the inflammatory response as well as the perioperative release of neuronal damage markers. Correlation between inflammatory activation and neuronal markers may suggest a link between inflammation and release of markers of neuronal clinical and subclinical injury.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Ospedale G. Pasquinucci, Massa, Italy. mazzone@ifc_cnr.pi.it
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzone
authors.forename: Jacopo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gianetti
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zucchelli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glauber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000097:blood; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D015850:Interleukin-6; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha