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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;111:1085-1091
© 1996 Mosby, Inc.

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS,
MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

ESMOLOL AND PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS ENHANCE MYOCARDIAL SALVAGE DURING ISCHEMIA IN A DOG MODEL

Glenn W. Laub, MD, S. Muralidharan, MD, Jerome Reibman, MD, Javier Fernandez, MD, William A. Anderson, MD, Jiang Gu, MD, PhD, Connie Daloisio, BA, Lynn B. McGrath, MD, Lawrence J. Mulligan, PhD

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center and Deborah Research Institute, Browns Mills, N.J., and the Department of Surgery, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.

Presented in part at the American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, October 1992.

Received for publication Jan. 3, 1995 Accepted for publication July 3, 1995. Address for reprints: Glenn W. Laub, MD, Attending Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.

Abstract

Despite recent advances in techniques of reperfusion for acute myocardial ischemia, myocardial salvage remains suboptimal.ß-Blockers have been shown to limit infarct size during acute ischemia, but their negative inotropic properties have limited their use. Cardiopulmonary bypass is an attractive technique for cardiac resuscitation because it can stabilize a hemodynamically compromised patient and potentially reduce myocardial oxygen consumption. In an attempt to maximize myocardial salvage in the setting of acute ischemia, the combination of esmolol, an ultrashort-actingß-blocker, with percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass was evaluated. Four groups of instrumented dogs underwent 2 hours of myocardial ischemia induced by occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, followed by 1 hour of reperfusion. Throughout the period of ischemia and reperfusion, esmolol plus percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass was compared with esmolol alone, percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass alone, and control conditions. After the reperfusion period, the extent of infarction of the left ventricle at risk was determined. Four animals had intractable arrhythmias: one in the esmolol plus bypass group, one in the esmolol group, and two in the control group. The extent of infarction of the left ventricle at risk was significantly reduced in the esmolol plus bypass group (30%) compared with bypass alone (52%), with esmolol alone (54%), and with the control groups (59%; p < 0.05). We conclude that in this experimental model the combination of esmolol with bypass improves myocardial salvage after ischemia and reperfusion. (J THORACCARDIOVASCSURG1996;111:1085-91)

Recent advances in surgical, pharmacologic, and interventional techniques have made rapid reperfusion achievable in the setting of acute myocardial ischemia. Myocardial salvage is frequently suboptimal with even short periods of ischemia, however, resulting in significant myocardial injury. There are several reported strategies to improve myocardial salvage, including percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass, infusion of ß-blockers, and intraaortic balloon counterpulsation, but none has been shown to be uniformly effective.Go Go 1-6 Considerable clinical and experimental evidence has demonstrated that ß-blockers can attenuate the extent of myocardial injury during ischemia and reperfusion.Go Go 5-12 Their utility, however, is limited by their negative inotropic properties. Esmolol, an ultrashort-acting ß-blocker, is an attractive agent because its short half-life allows its negative inotropic effects to be rapidly eliminated minutes after the infusion is stopped.

There is considerable interest in the use of cardiopulmonary bypass for resuscitation of patients with cardiac decompensation after failed percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and acute myocardial infarction.Go Go 13-18 Cardiopulmonary bypass decreases myocardial oxygen consumption (MVo2) by decreasing afterload and is highly effective at maintaining hemodynamic stability and resuscitating patients.Go Go 4,16 The combination of cardiopulmonary bypass with esmolol is attractive because it allows the use of ß-blockade in situations of hemodynamic instability, where it would not be otherwise possible. The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of cardiopulmonary support with esmolol to reduce the extent of infarction.

Methods and materials

All of the experiments were conducted according to the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" prepared by the National Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources and published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No. 86-23, revised 1985). Sixteen conditioned mongrel dogs in good health and weighing more than 35 kg were anesthetized and maintained with an intravenous infusion of sodium pentobarbital. In the supine position, the animals were intubated with 8 mm cuffed endotracheal tubes and ventilated with volume-cycled respirators (Harvard Apparatus, Inc., Memphis, Mass.), initially at a rate of 15 cycles/min and a tidal volume of 15 ml/kg and then adjusted according to the arterial blood gases. Electrocardiogram and temperature were continuously displayed and recorded (Gould Pressure Recorder, model 2400S; Gould Inc., Test and Measurement Recording Systems Division, Cleveland, Ohio). A Swan-Ganz catheter (American Edwards Laboratories, Santa Ana, Calif.) was inserted through the right jugular vein. A midsternotomy incision was made, and the pericardium was opened and suspended to the chest wall. The left anterior descending coronary artery was identified and encircled proximal to the first diagonal branch with a large silk tie. The animals were anticoagulated with 3 mg/kg heparin.

Experimental design
The animals were subdivided into four treatment groups. In the control group (C), the animals underwent 2 hours of myocardial ischemia by occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery, followed by 1 hour of reperfusion. At the end of the reperfusion period, the animals were killed and underwent infarct analysis. In the esmolol group (E), the animals underwent a similar period of myocardial ischemia and in addition received an infusion of 250 mg · kg-1 · min-1 esmolol throughout the myocardial ischemic period, beginning 15 minutes before the ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, and 125 mg · kg-1 · min-1 during the reperfusion period. In the cardiopulmonary bypass group (B), the animals were started and maintained on bypass throughout the ischemic period and for 30 minutes of reperfusion and were then weaned from bypass. In the esmolol plus cardiopulmonary bypass group (EB), the animals were given the esmolol as in the E group and were placed on bypass as in the B group. Treatment modalities (esmolol infusion, bypass, or both) were started 15 minutes before ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery in an attempt to mimic the clinical scenario of a patient with unstable hemodynamics after unsucessful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or a developing myocardial infarction.

Cardiopulmonary support
The left femoral vessels were exposed and a 22F heparin-coated percutaneous venous cannula (Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, Ind.) was inserted over a guidewire. The tip of the venous cannula was positioned at the superior cavoatrial junction. The femoral artery was exposed and cannulated directly with an 18F percutaneous arterial cannula (Cook). The arterial and venous lines were connected to a perfusion circuit that used a Bio-Medicus BP-80 (Bio-Medicus, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.) centrifugal pump and Bently BCM 7 oxygenator (Bently Laboratories, Inc., Irvine, Calif.). The circuit was primed with lactated Ringer's solution (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.). Animals were placed on normothermic percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass at a flow equivalent to a calculated index of 2.2 L · min · m-2.

Infarct analysis
At the conclusion of the reperfusion period, the animals underwent analysis of infarct size. The left anterior descending coronary artery was resnared, and 5 ml/kg of 1% gentian violet was injected into the left atrium. The heart was excised, and the left ventricle was frozen at -20º C for 20 minutes. The ventricle was then sliced in 3 mm sections, starting at the apex. The slices were then incubated for 15 minutes at 37º C and stained with 2,3,5-triphenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride. The myocardial slices were reincubated and fixed in 10% formalin. The outlines of the left ventricle, infarcted tissue, normal tissue, and area at risk were traced onto acetate. Areas of interest were calculated from the acetate tracings with a digital planimetry board, and ratios of area of infarct to area at risk (AI/AR) were calculated. The method of staining to delineate the necrotic tissue from ishemic tissue is a well-accepted, commonly used technique.Go 19 The chemical used (2,3,5-triphenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride) stains normal tissue containing dehydrogenase enzymes brick red. Infarcted tissue, depleted of these enzymes, remains pale yellow. Tissue samples from infarcted, at-risk, and normal areas of the left ventricle from each animal were collected for routine histopathologic examination.

Statistical analysis
Significant differences in AI/AR ratios for the four groups were determined by two-way analysis of variance. Post hoc analysis was completed with the Student-Newman-Keuls test, and data were considered significant for p < 0.05. Differences in heart rate and mean arterial pressure for each respective group were evaluated at each time interval for the four groups by one-way analysis of variance with post hoc analysis completed with the Student-Newman-Keuls test. Data are presented as mean ± SEM.

Results

Infarct analysis results are summarized in GoTable I. Area at risk for infarction and area of infarction did not differ significantly within each group for the animals that survived beyond the 30-minute reperfusion period and for those that died at between 30 and 60 minutes of reperfusion. The area at risk for infarction for each group ranged from 36.2% to 42% of the left ventricle and did not significantly differ between groups. Group C had an AI/AR ratio of 59.1% ± 4.9%, whereas groups E and B had AI/AR ratios of 53.8% ± 1.3% and 51.7% ± 4.0%, respectively. Group EB exhibited an AI/AR ratio reduced by approximately one half to 29.6% ± 7.6% (p < 0.05). Normalized heart rates, shown in Fig. 1, were lowest at 60 minutes in group E (p < 0.05) compared with the control group and highest at 30 minutes after reperfusion in group B (p < 0.001) compared with the control group. Mean arterial pressure (Fig. 2) did not change significantly during the procedure for any groups.


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  		Table I. Comparison of extent of infarction between groups
 


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  		Fig. 1. Percentage change in heart rate as a function of baseline values during ischemia and reperfusion. +, p < 0.05 vs control by analysis of variance; #, p < 0.001 vs control by analysis of variance.

 


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  		Fig. 2. Percentage change in mean arterial pressure as a function of baseline values during ischemia and reperfusion.

 
Heart rate and mean arterial pressure are presented in GoTable II. The parameter of greatest importance was the AI/AR ratio; heart rate and mean blood pressure data, however, provided subtle but independent evidence to reinforce the efficacy of combining esmolol with bypass. Histopathologic examination of hematoxylin and eosin–stained tissue sections confirmed that the infarct analysis was valid. The general arrangement of myocytes in the infarcted areas was disturbed, with edema and increased extracellular spaces. The myocytes were slightly swollen and had disrupted membranes. The association of myocytes was loosened, and leukocytic infiltration was present. In the area at risk there was little evidence of myocardial damage in some noninfarcted portions.


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  		Table II. Mean arterial pressures and heart rates during baseline, occlusion, and reperfusion
 
Discussion

Recent strategies to treat acute myocardial ischemic events have focused on methods of directly reversing the ischemic state by eliminating the obstruction to blood flow through the use thrombolytic agents, surgery, and angioplasty. Despite these advances in techniques of reperfusion for acute myocardial ischemia, myocardial salvage remains suboptimal.Go Go 12-18 It is unclear why short periods of ischemia followed by rapid reperfusion are not associated with myocardial salvage but rather end in infarction. In an attempt to reduce the extent of infarction associated with ischemia, several strategies have been clinically and experimentally investigated. One of the most promising areas of research into the modulation of the response to ischemia is through ß-blockade.

The ß-blockers have demonstrated a beneficial effect in reducing myocardial damage in the setting of acute ischemia in both clinical and experimental studies; the mechanism through which this occurs, however, is not yet completely understood. Several theories have been postulated regarding the protective nature of ß-blockers, including that they exhibit their protective effect by decreasing myocardial metabolic requirements during the ischemic event, that they increase the coronary blood flow and therefore oxygen delivery to the ischemic tissue during or after the ischemic event,Go Go 18,20 and that they render the myocardium more resistant to the effects of ischemia.Go Go 21-23 The ß-blockers have been shown to reduce the myocardial metabolic requirements through both indirect hemodynamic effects and direct cellular effects. The ß-blockers indirectly reduce the energy requirements by decreasing heart rate, mean arterial pressure, contractile state, and the tension development in the ventricle, thus reducing the pressure-related work of the heart.Go Go 24-26 This reduction in work can be seen as a reduction in MVo2 and correlates closely with the left ventricular systolic pressure-volume area, which has also been shown to decrease.Go 27

In addition to the indirect hemodynamic effect of ß-blockade, ß-blockers can reduce mitochondrial respiration by inhibition of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase,Go 28 inhibit calcium uptake by isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum,Go 29 and protect the sarcolemma from ischemic injury.Go 30 These direct cellular changes decrease contractile state, myocardial work, and energy requirements. It has also been demonstrated that ß-blockers have several effects on myocardial substrate metabolism. There is evidence that during ischemia, ß-blockade renders the heart less dependent on the use of free fatty acids and more dependent on carbohydrates as metabolic fuelGo Go Go Go 28,29,31,32 and in addition inhibits phosphorylase activity.Go 33 What specific effects these alterations in metabolic activity have on reperfusion injury remains unclear. Furthermore, the cardioprotective nature of ß-blockade may reside in the ability of ß-blockers to reduce free radical–mediated injury.Go 34 Ischemic myocardium treated with esmolol has been shown to have lower levels of lipid peroxidation, a marker of myocardial membrane injury, than seen in untreated regions of the left ventricle.Go 9

We chose to use esmolol, an ultrashort-acting agent, because of its clinical safety. The safety of this agent is due not only to the rapid reversibility of its effects with discontinuation of administration but also to the ease of titration of action, which allows rapid adjustment to meet changing patient needs. This is particularly useful in patients with myocardial ischemia, for whom optimizing the oxygen supply-demand ratio is essential but among whom heart failure, conduction abnormalities, and hypotension are frequent clinical problems. Despite the potential benefits, the use of ß-blockers in the setting of acute ischemia is limited by their inherent negative inotropic nature. In addition, the hemodynamic status during periods of ischemia may already be tenuous and thus preclude the use of ß-blockers. In an effort to overcome these limitations, we attempted to support the systemic circulation with cardiopulmonary bypass while administering ß-blockers. Another potential benefit of cardiopulmonary bypass is that it treats the hemodynamic instability associated with ischemic myocardial failure, promoting hemodynamic stabilization and whole-body resuscitation.Go 5 Other agents have been used in an attempt to improve postbypass left ventricular function. Additives or substrates have typically been combined with cardiopulmonary bypass in the setting of acute ischemia. These include metabolic substrates such as glutamate or aspartate,Go Go 35,36 oxygen free-radical scavengers,Go 37 and nitric oxide donors such as L-arginine.Go 38 Significant reductions in myocardial injury have been acheived with free-radical scavengers and nitric oxide donors. Although these agents have been shown to improve postreperfusion left ventricular function, they have not been uniformly successful in all models of ischemia-reperfusion because of several factors. For an additive to be useful in the majority of experimental and clinical studies, the additive must be able to prevent to some degree myocardial oxidative stress, to prevent ischemic injury to the myocytes and endothelial cells, or to protect the myocardium from reperfusion injury. An additive that can meet these requirements has not yet been found. Nonetheless, although the exact mechanism through which esmolol protects the myocardium from reperfusion injury or decreases infarct size remains unknown, it is clear that a cardioprotective effect exists.

We chose percutaneous cannulation of the arterial and venous system because traditional cardiopulmonary bypass necessitates a major surgical procedure with cannulation of the great vessels in the chest.Go 5 This is a time-consuming technique that requires specialized equipment and training to perform. In an effort to improve implementation of cardiopulmonary bypass in the setting of acute cardiac situations, percutaneous access is desirable. Although previous studies have evaluated the cardioprotection associated with ß-blockers or percutaneous cannulation to stabilize systemic hemodynamic and perfusion requirements, these treatments have not been investigated in combination.Go Go Go Go 5,6,9-11 Our study was directed at evaluating the use of percutaneous cannulation of the arterial and venous system to resuscitate, stabilize, and support the patient—and possibly to reduce infarct size—and to combine these benefits with the pharmacologic benefits of ß-blockade. In addition to its role for hemodynamic support, cardiopulmonary bypass has been used in several experimental models to MVo2 and infarct size. Although several studies have demonstrated decreases in MVo2, significant increases have also been observed.Go Go 39-41 The greatest benefit from cardiopulmonary bypass has been shown with pulsatile perfusion systems, with either pulsatile bypass or a combination of nonpulsatile bypass with an intraaortic balloon pump.Go Go 1,6 We did not use pulsatile assist in this study because currently available pulsatile bypass devices are not commercially available and are cumbersome to work with.

In our study, we were able to demonstrate a reduction in infarct size with the use of esmolol plus percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass (GoTable I). We did not attempt to delineate the mechanism by which this myocardial salvage occurred, but we did observe that during the combination of esmolol and bypass mean arterial pressure was reduced from control values throughout the ischemic period, while heart rate remained unchanged. This observation supports the concept that the beneficial combination of esmolol with percutaneous bypass is from the reduction in afterload and protection from reflex-mediated increases in pressure and heart rate, thereby resulting in a lower myocardial energy expenditure during ischemia and thus leading to a smaller infarct.

Conclusion

The combination of ultra–short acting ß-blockers with cardiopulmonary bypass is theoretically attractive because it provides a way of reducing myocardial damage during periods of ischemia while providing mechanical circulatory assist to aid in resuscitation and circulatory support. Our experimental experience demonstrates a significant reduction in extent of infarction when these modalities are combined. This combined approach of bypass and ß-blockade appears to be a promising area for further research, with important clinical ramifications.

Acknowledgments

We appreciate the helpful suggestions of our statistician, C. Chen, PhD.

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