在小鼠心跳骤停期间应用中度低温对复苏后抗氧化物酶活性的影响

目的：低温在许多小鼠心跳骤停后复苏模型的研究中被证实是有效的。心跳骤停后释放的氧自由基是产生继发性损伤的一个重要机制。本研究旨在探索心跳骤停期间应用中度低温对复苏后抗氧化物酶活性的影响。方法：用氯化钾诱导8min心跳骤停。此实验分为常温心跳骤停组（NCA）、低温心跳骤停组（HCA）TL对照组。HCA组在心跳骤停5min后开始降温使核心温度维持在（30．0±1．0）℃。应用胸部按压和肾上腺素来复苏。在心跳骤停两组各选择三个时间点：复苏后1h、4h和24h。测量超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）在心脏和肝脏的活性。结果：实验动物在HCA组比常NCA组生存率高。HCA组比NCA组复苏时间明显延长。与NCA组相比,HCA组复苏后24h的SOD活性在肝脏表达明显降低。与NCA组相比,HCA组复苏后4h的CAT活性在肝脏表达显著增高。结论：在心跳骤停过程中,与正常体温相比,应用中度低温能够提高生存率。与正常体温相比较,在心跳骤停中期间应用中度低温不影响心脏的SOD与CAT活性,应用中度低温在肝脏可延迟性抑制SOD的活性并且短暂提高CAT活性。     

急性低氧下心泵“力效应”与心电、心肌乳酸的变化

用“心力环”表达心泵的“力效应”,以侧位肢体导联心电图来检测心脏传导系统的反应,在10条麻醉开胸狗上,观察了急性低氧条件下心泵的力学变化和心电活动演变过程的联系。在急性低氧早期,“心力环”即开始增大和“心力效率”(SV/FL_o)降低时,心电传导时间和心室复极化过程均没有明显改变(P>0.05)。直到以“心力环”环体减小及“心力效率”增加为特征的心泵衰竭出现时,才呈现心室复极化过程的明显缺氧性改变:ST_(Ⅱ)段抬高(P<0.05),T_(Ⅱ)波振幅显著增加(P<0.01);并伴以心率明显地降低(P<0.05)。在10条狗中有4条发生室性早搏或室颤等明显心率紊乱,它们均出现于“心力环”环体显著减小的严重泵衰竭时。另有8条狗在相似的实验条件下的结果表明,心泵衰竭时心肌乳酸含量明显高于对照组(P<0.05)。本研究结果提示,心泵“力效应”变化在急性低氧过程中发生得较早。这样,在评价心泵对急性低氧的耐受性上,心泵“力效应”比心脏电活动更为敏感。     

2月龄和4月龄大鼠制备心肺复苏模型后神经功能评价及亚组评分的比较

目的：本研究旨在选择适合的大鼠,对比2月龄大鼠与4月龄大鼠CPR后神经功能评分及亚组评分,摸索利用不同月龄的大鼠CPR的可行性。方法通过严格监测SD大鼠制备模型过程中的心电、血压生理指标、测定各组大鼠不同时间点的神经功能缺失评分以及神经功能亚组评分、对比制备4月龄和2月龄大鼠心肺复苏模型的稳定性。结果电刺激致室颤,4月龄组大鼠的成模率为87.5％,远高于2月龄组大鼠,而死亡率无差异;在电刺激诱发CA过程中造成的血压变化,4月龄组大鼠明显低于2月龄组大鼠,存在极显著性差异（ P ＜0.01）;4月龄组大鼠与2月龄组大鼠CPR后各时间点的神经功能评分无统计学差异,而4月龄组大鼠与2月龄组大鼠的神经功能亚组评分在不同时间点,存在显著差异（P ＜0.05）,4月龄大鼠与2月龄大鼠对比,心肺复苏后脑损伤的程度加重。结论4月龄大鼠更适合制备心肺复苏模型,该月龄组的大鼠制备模型成模率高,脑损伤程度重,更适合于用于心肺复苏的基础研究及治疗评价。     

Impact of lactate in the perfusate on function and metabolic parameters of isolated working rat heart

The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of 1 mM exogenous lactate on cardiac function, and some metabolic parameters, such as glycolysis, glucose oxidation, lactate oxidation, and fatty acid oxidation, in isolated working rat hearts. Hearts from male Sprague-Dawley rats were isolated and perfused with 5 mM glucose, 1.2 mM palmitate, and 100 μU/ml insulin with or without 1 mM lactate. The rates of glycolysis, glucose, lactate, and fatty acid oxidation were determined by supplementing the buffer with radiolabeled substrates. Cardiac function was similar between lactate+ and lactate− hearts. Glycolysis was not affected by 1 mM lactate. The addition of lactate did not alter glucose oxidation rates. Interestingly, palmitate oxidation rates almost doubled when 1 mM lactate was present in the perfusate. This study suggests that subst rate supply to the heart is crucially important when evaluating the data from metabolic studies.     

运动性和高血压性肥大心脏心肌肌膜乳酸转运特征比较

目的：探讨运动性和高血压性心肌肥大重塑时细胞表型代谢变化特征。方法：采用Ｌ－１４Ｃ乳酸盐测定运动Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠,自发性高血压大鼠（ｓｐｏｎｔａｎｅｏｕｓｌｙ ｈｙｐｅｒｅｎｓｉｖｅ ｒａｔｓ,ＳＨＲ）、运动ＳＨＲ和对照Ｗｉｓｔａｒ Ｋｙｏｔｏ（ＷＫＹ）大鼠的心肌肌膜囊泡（ｓａｒｃｏｌｅｍｍａｌ ｖｅｓｉｃｌｅ,ＳＬＶ）单羧酸盐乳酸转运载体变化。结果：Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠经每日２ｈ的１０周游泳运动后,     

Ischemic preconditioning in rat heart: No correlation between glycogen content and return of function

We tested the hypothesis that glycogen levels at the beginning of ischemia affect lactate production during ischemia and postischemic contractile function.Isolated working rat hearts were perfused at physiological workload with bicarbonate buffer containing glucose (10 mmol/L). Hearts were subjected to four different preconditioning protocols, and cardiac function was assessed on reperfusion. Ischemic preconditioning was induced by either one cycle of 5 min ischemia followed by 5, 10, or 20 min of reperfusion (PC5/5, PC5/10, PC5/20), or three cycles of 5 min ischemia followed by 5 min of reperfusion (PC3 × 5/5). All hearts were subjected to 15 min total, global ischemia, followed by 30 min of reperfusion. We measured lactate release, timed the return of aortic flow, compared postischemic to preischemic power, and determined tissue metabolites at selected time points.Compared with preischemic function, cardiac power during reperfusion improved in groups PC5/10 and PC5/20, but was not different from control in groups PC5/5 and PC3 × 5/5. There was no correlation between preischemic glycogen levels and recovery of function during reperfusion. There was also no correlation between glycogen breakdown (or resynthesis) and recovery of function. Lactate accumulation during ischemia was lowest in group PC5/20 and highest in the group with three cycles of preconditioning (PC3 × 5/5). Lactate release during reperfusion was significantly higher in the groups with low recovery of power than in the groups with high recovery of power.In glucose-perfused rat heart recovery of function is independent from both pre- and postischemic myocardial glycogen content over a wide range of glycogen levels. The ability to utilize lactate during reperfusion is an indicator for postischemic return of contractile function.     

Mir-190b negatively contributes to the Trypanosoma cruzi- infected cell survival by repressing PTEN protein expression

Chagas disease, which is caused by the intracellular protozoanTrypanosoma cruzi, is a serious health problem in Latin America. The heart is one of the major organs affected by this parasitic infection. The pathogenesis of tissue remodelling, particularly regarding cardiomyocyte behaviour after parasite infection, and the molecular mechanisms that occur immediately following parasite entry into host cells are not yet completely understood. Previous studies have reported that the establishment of parasitism is connected to the activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K), which controls important steps in cellular metabolism by regulating the production of the second messenger phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate. Particularly, the tumour suppressor PTEN is a negative regulator of PI3K signalling. However, mechanistic details of the modulatory activity of PTEN on Chagas disease have not been elucidated. To address this question, H9c2 cells were infected with T. cruzi Berenice 62 strain and the expression of a specific set of microRNAs (miRNAs) were investigated. Our cellular model demonstrated that miRNA-190b is correlated to the decrease of cellular viability rates by negatively modulating PTEN protein expression in T. cruzi-infected cells.     

High survival rate of 43% in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in an optimised chain of survival

Aims

Survival to hospital discharge after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) varies widely. This study describes short-term survival after OHCA in a region with an extensive care path and a follow-up of 1 year.

Methods

Consecutive patients ≥16 years admitted to the emergency department between April 2011 and December 2012 were included. In July 2014 a follow-up took place. Socio-demographic data, characteristics of the OHCA and interventions were described and associations with survival were determined.

Results

Two hundred forty-two patients were included (73 % male, median age 65 years). In 76 % the cardiac arrest was of cardiac origin and 52 % had a shockable rhythm. In 74 % the cardiac arrest was witnessed, 76 % received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in 39 % an automatic external defibrillator (AED) was used. Of the 168 hospitalised patients, 144 underwent therapeutic procedures. A total of 105 patients survived until hospital discharge. Younger age, cardiac arrest in public area, witnessed cardiac arrest, cardiac origin with a shockable rhythm, the use of an AED, shorter time until return of spontaneous circulation, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≥13 during transport and longer length of hospital stay were associated with survival. Of the 105 survivors 72 survived for at least 1 year after cardiac arrest and 6 patients died.

Conclusion

A survival rate of 43 % after OHCA is achievable. Witnessed cardiac arrest, cardiac cause of arrest, initial cardiac rhythm and GCS ≥13 were associated with higher survival.     

Percutenous catheter ablation of the accessory pathway in a patient with wolff-Parkinson-white syndrome associated with familial atrial fibrillation

Percutenous catheter ablation of the accessory pathway in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a highly successful mode of therapy. Sudden cardiac arrest survivors associated with WPW syndrome should undergo radiofrequency catheter ablation. WPW syndrome associated with familial atrial fibrillation is a very rare condition. Herein, we describe a case who presented with sudden cardiac arrest secondary to WPW syndrome and familial atrial fibrillation and treated via radiofrequency catheter ablation.     

Therapeutic mild hypothermia improves outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Purpose. Therapeutic mild hypothermia (TMH) is indicated for comatose survivors of an out-ofhospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) to improve general outcome. Although widely used, there are not many reports on its use on a critical care unit (CCU) or on the comparison of cooling methods. Methods. In a retrospective analysis covering January 2005 to December 2006, 75 consecutive comatose subjects post-OHCA due to ventricular fibrillation and nonventricular fibrillation rhythms (asystole/pulseless electrical activity) were studied in a single tertiary PCI centre. Subjects treated with conventional post-resuscitation care without TMH served as controls (n=26; Jan 2005–Sep 2005). Outcome from controls at hospital discharge was compared with subjects treated with TMH (n=49; Oct 2005–Dec 2006). During the study period, TMH was induced by either external (n=25; Oct 2005–Feb 2006) or endovascular (n=24; Mar 2006–Dec 2006) approach. Results. Besides more females in the control group, there were no major differences in baseline characteristics present between all groups. TMH improved survival (OR 0.36 [0.13–0.95], p<0.05) and neurological outcome (OR 0.23 [0.07–0.70], p<0.01). After subanalysis, TMH-improved outcome did not differ between the two cooling methods used. However, the times to reach TMH and normothermia were shorter with the endovascular approach. Conclusion. TMH induced on a CCU improves survival and neurological outcome after post-OHCA coma. TMH by endovascular approach was more feasible compared with external cooling, but the two cooling methods did not result in a different outcome. (Neth Heart J 2009;17:378–84.)