Studies of isolated global brain ischaemia: II. Controlled reperfusion provides complete neurologic recovery following 30 min of warm ischaemia - the importance of perfusion pressure
Open Access
- 20 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 41 (5), 1147-1154
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr317
Abstract
Neurologic injury after sudden death is likely due to a reperfusion injury following prolonged brain ischaemia, and remains problematic, especially if the cardiac arrest is unwitnessed. This study applies a newly developed isolated model of global brain ischaemia (simulating unwitnessed sudden death) for 30 min to determine if controlled reperfusion permits neurologic recovery. Among the 17 pigs undergoing 30 min of normothermic global brain ischaemia, 6 received uncontrolled reperfusion with regular blood (n = 6), and 11 were reperfused for 20 min with a warm controlled blood reperfusate containing hypocalcaemia, hyper-magnesemia, alkalosis, hyperosmolarty and other constituents that were passed through a white blood cell filter and delivered at flow rates of 350 cc/min (n = 3), 550 cc/min (n = 2) or 750 cc/min (n = 6). Neurologic deficit score (NDS) evaluated brain function (score 0 = normal, 500 = brain death) 24 h post-reperfusion and 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining determined brain infarction. Regular blood (uncontrolled) reperfusion caused negligible brain O2 uptake by IN Vivo Optical Spectroscopy (INVOS) (50 mmHg, but the lower pressure (P < 0.001 versus uncontrolled or low pressure controlled reperfusionKeywords
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