The effects of using a leukocyte removal filter during cold blood cardioplegia

During myocardial ischemia, neutrophils and platelets exert negative effects on the myocardium. In this study, we used a leukocyte removal filter during cardioplegia, and investigated its effect on myocardial damage during reperfusion by measuring the plasma levels of granulocyte components, platele...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 1994-01, Vol.24 (11), p.966-972
Main Authors: ICHIHARA, T, YASUURA, K, WATANABE, T, TANAKA, M, ABE, T, MASEKI, T, MATSUURA, A, MIYAHARA, K, ITO, T, KATO, S, MIZUNO, S, TAMAKI, S, SEKI, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha - blood
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Cold Temperature
Creatine Kinase - blood
Female
Heart Arrest, Induced
Humans
Isoenzymes
Leukapheresis - instrumentation
Leukocyte Count
Leukocyte Elastase
Lipid Peroxidation
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pancreatic Elastase - blood
Platelet Count
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Thromboxane B2 - blood
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Summary:During myocardial ischemia, neutrophils and platelets exert negative effects on the myocardium. In this study, we used a leukocyte removal filter during cardioplegia, and investigated its effect on myocardial damage during reperfusion by measuring the plasma levels of granulocyte components, platelet components, and cardiac enzymes [creatinine phosphokinase (CK) and creatinine phosphokinase myocardial band (CK-MB)] in 24 patients who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass. The patients were divided into two groups of 12 according to whether or not a filter was placed in the cardioplegic route. Blood samples were drawn directly from the coronary sinus before aortic cross clamping, and at 1, 5, and 15 min after declamping. Group F, which had the filter, showed better cardiac enzyme and lipid peroxidation results than group N, which did not. The results of this study suggest that the application of a filter during cold blood cardioplegia may reduce myocardial damage.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/BF02215808