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Jung KT, Bapat A, Kim YK, Hucker WJ, Lee K. Therapeutic hypothermia for acute myocardial infarction: a narrative review of evidence from animal and clinical studies. Korean J Anesthesiol 2022; 75:216-230. [PMID: 35350095 PMCID: PMC9171548 DOI: 10.4097/kja.22156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death from coronary heart disease and requires immediate reperfusion therapy with thrombolysis, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass grafting. However, myocardial reperfusion therapy is often accompanied by cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, which leads to myocardial injury with detrimental consequences. The causes of I/R injury are unclear, but are multifactorial, including free radicals, reactive oxygen species, calcium overload, mitochondria dysfunction, inflammation, and neutrophil-mediated vascular injury. Mild hypothermia has been introduced as one of the potential inhibitors of myocardial I/R injury. Although animal studies have demonstrated that mild hypothermia significantly reduces or delays I/R myocardium damage, human trials have not shown clinical benefits in acute MI (AMI). In addition, the practice of hypothermia treatment is increasing in various fields such as surgical anesthesia and intensive care units. Adequate sedation for anesthetic procedures and protection from body shivering has become essential during therapeutic hypothermia. Therefore, anesthesiologists should be aware of the effects of therapeutic hypothermia on the metabolism of anesthetic drugs. In this paper, we review the existing data on the use of therapeutic hypothermia for AMI in animal models and human clinical trials to better understand the discrepancy between perceived benefits in preclinical animal models and the absence thereof in clinical trials thus far.
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- Ki Tae Jung
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical School, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Yamada KP, Kariya T, Aikawa T, Ishikawa K. Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia on Normal and Ischemic Heart. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:642843. [PMID: 33659283 PMCID: PMC7919696 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.642843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Therapeutic hypothermia has been used for treating brain injury after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Its potential benefit on minimizing myocardial ischemic injury has been explored, but clinical evidence has yet to confirm positive results in preclinical studies. Importantly, therapeutic hypothermia for myocardial infarction is unique in that it can be initiated prior to reperfusion, in contrast to its application for brain injury in resuscitated cardiac arrest patients. Recent advance in cooling technology allows more rapid cooling of the heart than ever and new clinical trials are designed to examine the efficacy of rapid therapeutic hypothermia for myocardial infarction. In this review, we summarize current knowledge regarding the effect of hypothermia on normal and ischemic hearts and discuss issues to be solved in order to realize its clinical application for treating acute myocardial infarction.
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- Kelly P Yamada
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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Truse R, Smyk M, Schulz J, Herminghaus A, Weber APM, Mettler-Altmann T, Bauer I, Picker O, Vollmer C. Regional hypothermia improves gastric microcirculatory oxygenation during hemorrhage in dogs. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226146. [PMID: 31821374 PMCID: PMC6903746 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Mild systemic hypothermia increases gastric mucosal oxygenation (μHbO2) during hemorrhagic shock in dogs. In the context of critical blood loss hypothermia might be fatal due to adverse side effects. Selective regional hypothermia might overcome these limitations. The aim of our study was to analyze the effects of regional gastric and oral mucosal hypothermia on μHbO2 and perfusion (μflow). In a cross-over study six anesthetized dogs were subjected to local oral and gastric mucosal hypothermia (34°C), or maintenance of local normothermia during normovolemia and hemorrhage (-20% blood volume). Macro- and microcirculatory variables were recorded continuously. During normovolemia, local hypothermia increased gastric microcirculatory flow (μflow) without affecting oxygenation (μHbO2) or oral microcirculation. During mild hemorrhagic shock gastric μHbO2 decreased from 72±2% to 38±3% in the normothermic group. This was attenuated by local hypothermia, where μHbO2 was reduced from 74±3% to 52±4%. Local perfusion, oral microcirculation and macrocirculatory variables were not affected. Selective local hypothermia improves gastric μHbO2 during hemorrhagic shock without relevant side effects. In contrast to systemic hypothermia, regional mucosal hypothermia did not affect perfusion and oxygen supply during hemorrhage. Thus, the increased μHbO2 during local hypothermia rather indicates reduced mucosal oxygen demand.
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- Richard Truse
- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Guo J, Zhang S, Ma L, Shi H, Zhu J, Wu J, An Y, Ge J. Cardioprotection by Mild Hypothermia Is Abolished in Aged Mice. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2017; 7:193-198. [PMID: 28445087 DOI: 10.1089/ther.2017.0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Junjie Guo
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Remodeling pathway control of mitochondrial respiratory capacity by temperature in mouse heart: electron flow through the Q-junction in permeabilized fibers. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2840. [PMID: 28588260 PMCID: PMC5460290 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02789-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Fuel substrate supply and oxidative phosphorylation are key determinants of muscle performance. Numerous studies of mammalian mitochondria are carried out (i) with substrate supply that limits electron flow, and (ii) far below physiological temperature. To analyze potentially implicated biases, we studied mitochondrial respiratory control in permeabilized mouse myocardial fibers using high-resolution respirometry. The capacity of oxidative phosphorylation at 37 °C was nearly two-fold higher when fueled by physiological substrate combinations reconstituting tricarboxylic acid cycle function, compared with electron flow measured separately through NADH to Complex I or succinate to Complex II. The relative contribution of the NADH pathway to physiological respiratory capacity increased with a decrease in temperature from 37 to 25 °C. The apparent excess capacity of cytochrome c oxidase above physiological pathway capacity increased sharply under hypothermia due to limitation by NADH-linked dehydrogenases. This mechanism of mitochondrial respiratory control in the hypothermic mammalian heart is comparable to the pattern in ectotherm species, pointing towards NADH-linked mt-matrix dehydrogenases and the phosphorylation system rather than electron transfer complexes as the primary drivers of thermal sensitivity at low temperature. Delineating the link between stress and remodeling of oxidative phosphorylation is important for understanding metabolic perturbations in disease evolution and cardiac protection.
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Chavez LO, Leon M, Einav S, Varon J. Editor's Choice- Inside the cold heart: A review of therapeutic hypothermia cardioprotection. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE 2016; 6:130-141. [PMID: 26714973 DOI: 10.1177/2048872615624242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Targeted temperature management has been originally used to reduce neurological injury and improve outcome in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Myocardial infarction remains a major cause of death in the world and several investigators are studying the effect of mild therapeutic hypothermia during an acute cardiac ischemic injury. A search on MEDLINE, Scopus and EMBASE databases was conducted to obtain data regarding the cardioprotective properties of therapeutic hypothermia. Preclinical studies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia provides a cardioprotective effect in animals. The proposed pathways for the cardioprotective effects of therapeutic hypothermia include stabilization of mitochondrial permeability, production of nitric oxide, equilibration of reactive oxygen species, and calcium channels homeostasis. Clinical trials in humans have yielded controversial results. Current trials are therefore seeking to combine therapeutic hypothermia with other treatment modalities in order to improve the outcomes of patients with acute ischemic injury. This article provides a review of the hypothermia effects on the cardiovascular system, from the basic science of physiological changes in the human body and molecular mechanisms of cardioprotection to the bench of clinical trials with therapeutic hypothermia in patients with acute ischemic injury.
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- Luis O Chavez
- 1 University General Hospital, Houston, USA.,2 Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Medicina y Psicología, Tijuana, Mexico
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- 1 University General Hospital, Houston, USA.,3 Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Facultad de Medicina Puebla, Mexico
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- 4 Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah-Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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QIAN YUANYU, LIU JIE, MA JINLING, MENG QINGYI, PENG CHAOYING. Effect of initial temperature changes on myocardial enzyme levels and cardiac function in acute myocardial infarction. Exp Ther Med 2014; 8:243-247. [PMID: 24944629 PMCID: PMC4061241 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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In the present study, the effect of initial body temperature changes on myocardial enzyme levels and cardiac function in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients was investigated. A total of 315 AMI patients were enrolled and the mean temperature was calculated based on their body temperature within 24 h of admission to hospital. The patients were divided into four groups according to their normal body temperature: Group A, <36.5°C; group B, ≥36.5°C and <37.0°C; group C, ≥37.0°C and <37.5°C and group D, ≥37.5°C. The levels of percutaneous coronary intervention, myocardial enzymes and troponin T (TNT), as well as cardiac ultrasound images, were analyzed. Statistically significant differences in the quantity of creatine kinase at 12 and 24 h following admission were identified between group A and groups C and D (P<0.01). A significant difference in TNT at 12 h following admission was observed between groups A and D (P<0.05), however, this difference was not observed with groups B and C. The difference in TNT between the groups at 24 h following admission was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Significant differences in lactate dehydrogenase at 12 and 24 h following admission were observed between groups A and D (P<0.05), however, differences were not observed with groups B and C (P>0.05). Significant differences in glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase at 12 and 24 h following admission were observed between groups A and D (P<0.05), however, differences were not observed in groups B and C (P>0.05). However, no significant differences were identified in cardiac function index between all the groups. Therefore, the results of the present study indicated that AMI patients with low initial body temperatures exhibited decreased levels of myocardial enzymes and TNT. Thus, the observation of an initially low body temperature may be used as a protective factor for AMI and may improve the existing clinical program.
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Rapid induction of mild therapeutic hypothermia by extracorporeal veno-venous blood cooling in humans. Resuscitation 2013; 84:1051-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tissier R, Ghaleh B, Cohen MV, Downey JM, Berdeaux A. Myocardial protection with mild hypothermia. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 94:217-25. [PMID: 22131353 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mild hypothermia, 32-35° C, is very potent at reducing myocardial infarct size in rabbits, dogs, sheep, pigs, and rats. The benefit is directly related to reduction in normothermic ischaemic time, supporting the relevance of early and rapid cooling. The cardioprotective effect of mild hypothermia is not limited to its recognized reduction of infarct size, but also results in conservation of post-ischaemic contractile function, prevention of no-reflow or microvascular obstruction, and ultimately attenuation of left ventricular remodelling. The mechanism of the anti-infarct effect does not appear to be related to diminished energy utilization and metabolic preservation, but rather to survival signalling that involves either the extracellular signal-regulated kinases and/or the Akt/phosphoinositide 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin pathways. Initial clinical trials of hypothermia in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction were disappointing, probably because cooling was too slow to shorten normothermic ischaemic time appreciably. New approaches to more rapid cooling have recently been described and may soon be available for clinical use. Alternatively, it may be possible to pharmacologically mimic the protection provided by cooling soon after the onset of ischaemia with an activator of mild hypothermia signalling, e.g. extracellular signal-regulated kinase activator, that could be given by emergency medical personnel. Finally, the protection afforded by cooling can be added to that of pre- and post-conditioning because their mechanisms differ. Thus, myocardial salvage might be greatly increased by rapidly cooling patients as soon as possible and then giving a pharmacological post-conditioning agent immediately prior to reperfusion.
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Mottillo S, Sharma K, Eisenberg MJ. Therapeutic Hypothermia in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review. Can J Cardiol 2011; 27:555-61. [PMID: 21641172 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Salvatore Mottillo
- Division of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Tissier R, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Does mild hypothermia protect against reperfusion injury? The debate continues. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:691-5. [PMID: 21678066 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0194-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Mild hypothermia (32-35°C) salvages ischemic myocardium and reduces infarct size in hearts undergoing ischemia/reperfusion. It is clear that a cardioprotective effect is evident when the heart is cooled during ischemia, and the protection is greater as the duration of normothermic ischemia is increasingly limited. The effect of cooling just before and at reperfusion is more controversial. Multiple experimental studies have revealed no effect of mild hypothermia on myocardial infarction when cooling was initiated in the waning minutes of ischemia. But Götberg et al. have demonstrated a small effect in pigs cooled with cold intravenous saline and a venous thermode, although the effect of cooling during ischemia continued to be more prominent. Clinical studies have been disappointing, and possible explanations are offered. Götberg's new data are encouraging, but it is questioned whether this is the correct time to conduct a new large-scale clinical trial.
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Tissier R, Chenoune M, Ghaleh B, Cohen MV, Downey JM, Berdeaux A. The small chill: mild hypothermia for cardioprotection? Cardiovasc Res 2010; 88:406-14. [PMID: 20621922 PMCID: PMC2972686 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Reducing the heart's temperature by 2-5°C is a potent cardioprotective treatment in animal models of coronary artery occlusion. The anti-infarct benefit depends upon the target temperature and the time at which cooling is instituted. Protection primarily results from cooling during the ischaemic period, whereas cooling during reperfusion or beyond offers little protection. In animal studies, protection is proportional to both the depth and duration of cooling. An optimal cooling protocol must appreciably shorten the normothermic ischaemic time to effectively salvage myocardium. Patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction could be candidates for mild hypothermia since the current door-to-balloon time is typically 90 min. But they would have to be cooled quickly shortly after their arrival. Several strategies have been proposed for ultra-fast cooling, but most like liquid ventilation and pericardial perfusion are too invasive. More feasible strategies might include cutaneous cooling, peritoneal lavage with cold solutions, and endovascular cooling with intravenous thermodes. This last option has been investigated clinically, but the results have been disappointing possibly because the devices lacked capacity to cool the patient quickly or cooling was not implemented soon enough. The mechanism of hypothermia's protection has been assumed to be energy conservation. However, whereas deep hypothermia clearly preserves ATP, mild hypothermia has only a modest effect on ATP depletion during ischaemia. Some evidence suggests that intracellular signalling pathways might be responsible for the protection. It is unknown how cooling could trigger these pathways, but, if true, then it might be possible to duplicate cooling's protection pharmacologically.
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- Renaud Tissier
- INSERM, Unité 955, Equipe 3, Créteil F-94000, France. on behalf of the European Society
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Merrill TL, Merrill DR, Nilsen TJ, Akers JE. Design of a Cooling Guide Catheter for Rapid Heart Cooling. J Med Device 2010. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4002063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Despite decades of care path improvements approximately 30% of heart attack victims die within 1 year after their first heart attack. Animal testing has shown that mild hypothermia, reducing tissue temperatures by 2–4°C, has the potential to save heart tissue that is not adequately perfused with blood. This paper describes the design of a cooling guide catheter that can provide rapid, local cooling to heart tissue during emergency angioplasty. Using standard materials and dimensions found in typical angioplasty guide catheters, a closed-loop cooling guide catheter was developed. Thermal fluid modeling guided the interior geometric design. After careful fabrication and leak testing, a mock circulatory system was used to measure catheter cooling capacity. At blood analog flow rates ranging from 20 ml/min to 70 ml/min, the corresponding cooling capacity varied almost linearly from 20 W to 45 W. Animal testing showed 18 W of cooling delivered by the catheter can reduce heart tissue temperatures rapidly, approximately 3° in 5 min in some locations. Future animal testing work is needed to investigate if this cooling effect can save heart tissue.
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- Thomas L. Merrill
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028; FocalCool, LLC, 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite103, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
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- FocalCool, LLC, 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite103, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
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- FocalCool, LLC, 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite103, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
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- FocalCool, LLC, 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite103, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
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Huang CH, Chen HW, Tsai MS, Hsu CY, Peng RH, Wang TD, Chang WT, Chen WJ. Antiapoptotic cardioprotective effect of hypothermia treatment against oxidative stress injuries. Acad Emerg Med 2009; 16:872-80. [PMID: 19673708 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The effect of hypothermia on cardiomyocyte injury induced by oxidative stress remains unclear. The authors investigated the effects of hypothermia on apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiomyocytes exposed to oxidative stress. METHODS Cardiomyocytes (H9c2) derived from embryonic rat heart cell culture were exposed to either normothermic (37 degrees C) or hypothermic (31 degrees C) environments before undergoing oxidative stress via treatment with hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). The degree of apoptosis was determined by annexin V and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TUNEL) staining. The amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was compared after H(2)O(2) exposure between normo- and hypothermic-pretreated groups. Mitochondrial dysfunction in both groups was measured by differential reductase activity and transmembrane potential (DeltaPsim). RESULTS Hydrogen peroxide induced significant apoptosis in both normothermic and hypothermic cardiomyocytes. Hypothermia ameliorated apoptosis as demonstrated by decreased annexin V staining (33 +/- 1% vs. 49 +/- 4%; p < 0.05) and TUNEL staining (27 +/- 17% vs. 80 +/-25%; p < 0.01). The amount of intracellular ROS increased after H(2)O(2) treatment and was higher in the hypothermic group than that in the normothermic group (237.9 +/- 31.0% vs. 146.6 +/- 20.6%; p < 0.05). In the hypothermic group, compared with the normothermic group, after H(2)O(2) treatment mitochondrial reductase activity was greater (72.0 +/- 17.9% vs. 27.0 +/- 13.3%; p < 0.01) and the mitochondria DeltaPsim was higher (101.0 +/- 22.6% vs. 69.7 +/- 12.9%; p < 0.05). Pretreatment of cardiomyocytes with the antioxidant ascorbic acid diminished the hypothermia-induced increase in intracellular ROS and prevented the beneficial effects of hypothermia on apoptosis and mitochondrial function. CONCLUSIONS Hypothermia at 31 degrees C can protect cardiomyocytes against oxidative stress-induced injury by decreasing apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction through intracellular ROS-dependent pathways.
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- Chien-Hua Huang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin County
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Vinten-Johansen J, Jiang R, Reeves JG, Mykytenko J, Deneve J, Jobe LJ. Inflammation, proinflammatory mediators and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion Injury. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2007; 21:123-45. [PMID: 17258123 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2006.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ischemic myocardium must be reperfused to terminate the ischemic event; otherwise the entire myocardium involved in the area at risk will not survive. However, there is a cost to reperfusion that may offset the intended clinical benefits of minimizing infarct size, postischemic endothelial and microvascular damage, blood flow defects, and contractile dysfunction. There are many contributors to this reperfusion injury. Targeting only one factor in the complex web of reperfusion injury is not effective because the untargeted mechanisms induce injury. An integrated strategy of reducing reperfusion injury in the catheterization laboratory involves controlling both the conditions and the composition of the reperfusate. Mechanical interventions such as gradually restoring blood flow or applying postconditioning may be used independently in or conjunction with various cardioprotective pharmaceuticals in an integrated strategy of reperfusion therapeutics to reduce postischemic injury.
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- Jakob Vinten-Johansen
- Department of Surgery (Cardiothoracic), Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center of Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, 550 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2225, USA.
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Tissier R, Hamanaka K, Kuno A, Parker JC, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Total liquid ventilation provides ultra-fast cardioprotective cooling. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49:601-5. [PMID: 17276185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2006] [Revised: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We tested whether total liquid ventilation (TLV) can be used to rapidly cool and protect the infarcting heart. BACKGROUND Decreasing myocardial temperature during ischemia is a powerful cardioprotective strategy, but clinical application has been impaired by lack of practical methodology to quickly cool the heart. METHODS We performed 30-min coronary artery occlusion/3-h reperfusion in rabbits. Upon occlusion, rabbits underwent either oxygen (Gas), normothermic liquid (Liquid Warm), or cold liquid (Liquid Cool) ventilation. RESULTS Left atrial chamber temperature decreased to 32.4 degrees +/- 0.2 degrees C within 5 min of onset of cold TLV. Blood gases were within acceptable limits during TLV. In the Liquid Warm group, perfluorocarbon inhalation did not alter infarct size compared with Gas (37.7 +/- 1.3% and 42.5 +/- 4.9% of risk zone, respectively). However, infarction was significantly reduced in the Liquid Cool group (4.0 +/- 0.5%). Cooling only during the initial 30 min of reperfusion did not reduce infarction. CONCLUSIONS Total liquid ventilation can elicit rapid cardioprotective cooling during ischemia.
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- Renaud Tissier
- Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA
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Cassese M, Martinelli G, Nasso G, Anselmi A, De Filippo CM, Braccio M, Baraldi C, De Rosis MG, Agnino A. Topical Cooling for Myocardial Protection: The Results of a Prospective Randomized Study of the "Shallow Technique". J Card Surg 2006; 21:357-62. [PMID: 16846413 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Respiratory distress following cardiac surgery is a troublesome complication. In several cases it is associated to cool-related phrenic nerve injury (PNI) after adoption of iced slush or hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. We compare two different strategies for myocardial protection: the "shallow technique" (ST) (dripping and prompt removal of cold saline solution from the epicardial surface) plus normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, versus mild hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass plus iced slush. METHODS Two hundred forty-nine patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to receive either ST (Group A) or iced slush (Group B). Occurrence of postoperative PNI (abnormal diaphragmatic movement plus alteration of nerve conduction) was evaluated. Multivariate analysis was performed for identification of factors associated to PNI. Patients had a 6-month follow-up. RESULTS PNI and failure of extubation occurred more frequently in Group B (p = 0.009 and p = 0.034, respectively), but there was no statistically significant difference in mean intensive care unit stay. Diabetes and the use of iced slush were independent predictors of phrenic dysfunction, while internal thoracic artery (ITA) harvest was a significant risk factor only among Group B patients. Abnormal diaphragmatic movement was persistent at 6 months only in 30% of Group B individuals who suffered this complication in the early postoperative. CONCLUSIONS ST likely reduces the incidence of postoperative PNI and might be protective mainly in the event of ITA harvest. It should be considered as a valuable tool for myocardial protection protocols.
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- Mauro Cassese
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, S. Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
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Donmez A, Zoghi M, Cagirgan S, Acarlar C, Tombuloglu M. The effect of hematopoietic progenitor cells’ temperature on cardiac arrhythmias in patients given peripheral blood progenitor cells. Transfus Apher Sci 2006; 34:245-51. [PMID: 16931400 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infusion of cryopreserved and non-cryopreserved hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) is associated with a broad variety of symptoms. In this study, we have investigated infusion-related toxicity regarding temperature of cryopreserved autologous peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) transplanted in 31 and allogeneic non-cryopreserved PBPCs in 4 patients receiving high dose chemotherapy and stem cells transplantation for hematological malignancies. STUDY DESIGN AND METHOD A 24h ECG-Holter recording system was used to obtain cardiac arrhythmias. Two milliliters HPC were collected from entrance site of venous access to evaluate the temperature of infused HPC. RESULTS We have detected arrhythmias in 17 (48.58%) of our patients before, during and after infusion. Median temperature of the infusat was 21 degrees C (18-28.2). Arrhythmias during infusion were detected in 8 (22.85%) patients. The temperatures of infused HPCs were not statistically different in group with and without arrhythmias as 22 degrees C and 21 degrees C, respectively (P>0.05). And also, volume, contents [dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO), red blood cells (RBC), platelet (PLT), and total nucleated cell (TNC)] of product, and rate of infusion speed did not have any effect on arrhythmias. CONCLUSION As a result of this study, we have concluded that the temperature of HPC does not cause any systemic hypothermia and does not have any relation to arrhythmias detected during infusion.
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- Ayhan Donmez
- Department of Hematology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey.
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Kim H, Lee J, Song W, Shin J, Oh D, Harrison K, Jakkula M, Wong SC, Hong MK. Feasibility and safety of regional myocardial hypothermia during myocardial ischemia and infarction in pigs. Coron Artery Dis 2005; 16:125-9. [PMID: 15735406 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200503000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mild systemic hypothermia has been shown to be feasible and safe in patients during acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Regional myocardial hypothermia of the ischemic myocardium only may be more effective in myocardial salvage with fewer side effects compared with systemic hypothermia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of regional myocardial hypothermia in pigs. METHODS Open-chest pigs with (n=5) or without (n=4) myocardial infarction underwent left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) ligation followed by intracoronary infusion of lactated Ringer's solution (at room temperature and at 15 degrees C between 20-35 ml/min for 3 min) via the central lumen of a specially designed balloon catheter at the time of reperfusion. Intramyocardial temperatures via thermocouples at the ischemic zone (LAD territory) and non-ischemic zone (circumflex territory) as well as systemic temperature were constantly recorded, as were the hemodynamics. Each pig acted as its control regarding the myocardial temperature response to both solutions. In addition, intracoronary versus intramyocardial temperatures were compared with thermocouples in both territories during infusion. RESULTS There was no hemodynamic compromise or arrhythmia seen during the intracoronary infusion of either temperature solution. There was a linear relationship between the infusion solution temperature and infusion rate versus intramyocardial temperature response, with the cooled solution providing 2 degrees C lower temperature and faster infusion resulting in lower intramyocardial temperature. There was no change in the non-ischemic zone or systemic temperature. On average, 6-8 degrees C reduction in tissue temperature, potential target temperature range for hypothermic therapy, was achieved in all animals. In addition, intracoronary temperature in distal LAD measured by intracoronary thermocouples correlated with the intramyocardial temperature (2 degrees C lower temperature in the coronary artery). CONCLUSION It is feasible and safe to achieve regional myocardial hypothermia by intracoronary infusion of cooled solution in pigs.
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- Hyunjoong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Simkhovich BZ, Hale SL, Kloner RA. Metabolic mechanism by which mild regional hypothermia preserves ischemic tissue. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2004; 9:83-90. [PMID: 15309244 DOI: 10.1177/107424840400900203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our laboratory demonstrated that mild regional hypothermia reduced myocardial infarct size by an average of 65% in the rabbit model of regional ischemia. The exact mechanism for this benefit has not been explored. We hypothesized that a moderate reduction in regional myocardial temperature could preserve cardiac energy metabolism and thus protect the myocardium from sustained ischemic insult. METHODS AND RESULTS Anesthetized open-chest rabbits were randomized to normothermic sham-operated (NS, n = 6), hypothermic sham-operated (HS, n = 6), normothermic ischemic (NI, n = 10), and hypothermic ischemic (HI, n = 10) groups. Both sham-operated groups received no occlusions, and both ischemic groups were subjected to 20 minutes of coronary occlusion. To achieve regional cooling of the hearts in the hypothermic groups, a bag of ice water was placed directly on the risk area 15 minutes prior to coronary artery occlusion/no intervention and maintained for the duration of the subsequent 20 minutes of ischemia/no intervention (in the HI and HS groups respectively). Hypothermia preserved adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and glycogen stores in the ischemic area by 42.9% and 84.2%, respectively (1.20 +/- 0.11 micromoles ATP/g wet tissue vs 0.84 +/- 0.06 micromoles ATP/g wet tissue and 8.16 +/- 0.95 micromoles of glucosyl unit/g wet tissue vs 4.43 +/- 0.44 micromoles of glucosyl unit/g wet tissue in the HI and the NI groups, respectively). In addition, hypothermia resulted in a trend toward creatine phosphate preservation in the nonischemic area. CONCLUSIONS This is the first demonstration that local therapy with mild reductions in myocardial temperature preserves energy metabolism both in the ischemic and the nonischemic areas as well. The preservation in ATP is the likely mechanism by which regional hypothermia is preserving ischemic myocardium.
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- Boris Z Simkhovich
- Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90017, USA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dale T Ashby
- The Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, New York, USA.
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