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Myocardial ischemic preconditioning during minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting attenuates ischemia-induced electrophysiological changes in human ventricle

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Objective: Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has been found to protect the myocardium in animal studies. However, clinical studies have been limited and the clinical effects of IPC are still uncertain. The purpose of this study was to assess whether IPC has any protective effect on the human myocardium during minimally invasive CABG (MIDCAB), by means of epicardial electrophysiological testing. Method: Fortyfive patients with left anterior descending artery disease who underwent a MIDCAB procedure were evaluated. In the present study, the electrical potentials which were not affected by cardio-pulmonary bypass or cardioplegia were measured. The ratio of longitudinal to transverse conduction velocity (ΘL/ΘT), and QT, JT dispersions were measured using plaque electrodes in the preischemic state, during a 5-minute coronary occlusion, during the subsequent 5-minute reperfusion, during 5- and 10-minute anastomosis periods, and after anastomosis. Result: The ΘL/ΘT was 2.2±0.2 at baseline. Anisotropy was exaggerated during the 5-minute coronary occlusion (2.6±0.3). During anastomosis, conduction velocities were decreased, but showed no further deterioration (2.4±0.3, and 2.4±0.3, respectively). QT and JT dispersions were improved by reperfusion. Conclusion: The effectiveness of IPC during the MIDCAB procedure was confirmed electrophysiologically. Anisotropy and dispersions were minimized after IPC, therefore IPC demonstrated antiarrhythmic protective effects on the human myocardium.

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  1. First Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Go Watanabe MD

  2. First Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, 930-0194, Toyama, Japan

    Yoshio Doi MD, Keiju Kotoh MD, Katsushi Ueyama MD & Takuro Misaki MD

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Doi, Y., Watanabe, G., Kotoh, K. et al. Myocardial ischemic preconditioning during minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting attenuates ischemia-induced electrophysiological changes in human ventricle. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 51, 144–150 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-003-0050-3

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