The supply and utilization of oxygen by the myocardium reflect the dynamic efficiency of the microcirculation. The present study examines these parameters during coronary artery bypass surgery. We used a voltammetric microelectrode technique to assess regional variations in myocardial tissue partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) and myocardial tissue perfusion (MTP) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. A total of 29 myocardial regions were studied in 17 patients to assay tissue PO2, and 13 regions in 10 patients to measure MTP. There was an increase in MTP from 53±9 ml·min-1·100 g-1 before cardiopulmonary bypass to 72±13 ml·min-1·100 g-1 after (means±S.E.M.; P = 0.05). Tissue PO2 showed an overall increase from a baseline level of 45±8 mmHg to a final level of 88±10 mmHg (P< 0.0001). Following release of the aortic cross-clamp there was a variable time delay before a change in tissue PO2 was observed. There was an immediate response in five regions, whereas in 20 regions the response was delayed by between 0.5 and 32 min. In the remaining four regions there was no change in tissue PO2. The duration of the delay in response was correlated positively with the cross-clamp time (r = 0.45, P < 0.05) and negatively with the final tissue PO2 (r =-0.5, P < 0.05). Voltammetric methods for monitoring changes in oxygen supply and utilization offer new insights into the changes that occur during ischaemia and reperfusion. A delay in the delivery of oxygen to the myocardium occurs in many patients following coronary artery bypass surgery.
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March 2000
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February 10 2000
Myocardial tissue oxygen supply and utilization during coronary artery bypass surgery: evidence of microvascular no-reflow
Mohamed K. AL-OBAIDI;
Mohamed K. AL-OBAIDI
*Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, U.K.
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Philip J. ETHERINGTON;
Philip J. ETHERINGTON
†Physiological Flow Study Group, Department of Biological and Medical Systems, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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David J. BARRON;
David J. BARRON
*Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, U.K.
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Peter C. WINLOVE;
Peter C. WINLOVE
†Physiological Flow Study Group, Department of Biological and Medical Systems, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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John R. PEPPER
*Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, U.K.
Correspondence: Mr John R. Pepper, Reader and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (e-mail a.garrick@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk).
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Clin Sci (Lond) (2000) 98 (3): 321–328.
Article history
Received:
April 19 1999
Revision Received:
August 20 1999
Accepted:
October 19 1999
Citation
Mohamed K. AL-OBAIDI, Philip J. ETHERINGTON, David J. BARRON, Peter C. WINLOVE, John R. PEPPER; Myocardial tissue oxygen supply and utilization during coronary artery bypass surgery: evidence of microvascular no-reflow. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 March 2000; 98 (3): 321–328. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0980321
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