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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:247-255
© 2000 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Surgery for congenital heart disease

Lamotrigine improves cerebral outcome after hypothermic circulatory arrest: A study in a chronic porcine model

From the Departments of Surgery^a and Anesthesiology^b and the Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology,^c Oulu University Hospital, and the Department of Forensic Medicine,^d University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.

These studies were supported by grants from Oulu University Hospital and the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research. Dr Juvonen was supported by the Ingegerd and Viking Olov Björk Scholarship for Cardiothoracic Research.

Address for reprints: Tatu Juvonen, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, FIN 90220 Oulu, Finland (E-mail: tatu.juvonen{at}oulu.fi ).

Background: Glutamate excitotoxicity has an important role in the development of brain injury after prolonged hypothermic circulatory arrest. The goal of the present studies was to determine the potential efficacy of lamotrigine, an Na⁺ channel blocker, to mitigate cerebral injury after hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Methods: Sixteen pigs (21-27 kg) were randomly assigned to receive lamotrigine (20 mg/kg) or placebo in a blinded fashion before a 75-minute period of hypothermic circulatory arrest (20°C). Hemodynamic, electroencephalographic, and metabolic monitoring were carried out. S-100ß protein was determined up to the first postoperative morning. Daily behavioral assessment was performed until the animal died or was put to death on day 7. Histologic analysis of the brain was carried out in all animals.
Results: Complete behavioral recovery was seen in 5 of 8 (63%) animals after lamotrigine administration, compared with 1 of 8 (13%) in the placebo group (P = .02). Among the animals that survived for 7 days, the median behavioral score was higher in the lamotrigine group (8 vs 7, P = .02). The medians of recovered electroencephalographic bursts in the lamotrigine group were higher than those in the placebo group 4 1/2 hours after the start of rewarming (P = .01). The median S-100ß level was lower in the lamotrigine group (0.01 µg/L) than in placebo controls (0.1 µg/L) 20 hours after the start of rewarming (P = .01). The median of total histopathologic score was 5.5 in the lamotrigine group and 7.5 in the placebo group (P = .06).
Conclusions: The present data suggest that lamotrigine improves neurologic outcome after a prolonged period of hypothermic circulatory arrest.

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