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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 85, 552-563, Copyright © 1983 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Optimal postoperative volume loading

RD Weisel, RJ Burns, RJ Baird, JD Hilton, J Ivanov, DA Mickle, KH Teoh, GT Christakis, PJ Evans, HE Scully, BS Goldman and PR McLaughlin

Intravenous infusions are required to maintain ventricular preload after uneventful coronary bypass operation. During the early postoperative period, when myocardial metabolic recovery is incomplete, volume loading is intended to stabilize ventricular function and metabolism and to prevent progressive ischemic injury. This study attempts to define the optimal preload for both metabolism and performance. Thirty-seven patients recovering from elective coronary bypass operations and cold potassium cardioplegia underwent volume loading with whole plasma. The initial response (VLA) from a low left atrial pressure (LAP = 7.3 +/- 3.3 mm Hg) was compared with the subsequent response (VLB) from a higher filling pressure (LAP = 10.9 +/- 2.7 mm Hg). Both VLA and VLB produced a similar increase in cardiac index, stroke work index, and end-diastolic volume index (EDVI), and a decrease in ejection fraction (measured by nuclear angiography). Myocardial lactate extraction increased with VLA, but myocardial lactate production resulted with VLB. A careful analysis of these volume loading studies suggested that myocardial performance and compliance were not altered in the early postoperative period. The decrease in ejection fraction with volume loading may have resulted from a combination of increased wall tension and decreased inotropic stimulation. After uneventful coronary bypass surgery, an LAP between 5 and 12 mm Hg corresponded to an EDVI between 30 and 80 ml/m2 and produced adequate cardiac index, stroke work index, and lactate extraction. A lower or higher preload did not improve function and resulted in abnormal metabolism.

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