Coronary perfusate composition influences diastolic properties, myocardial water content, and histologic characteristics of the rat left ventricle.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-1999
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent studies found that edema, histology, and left ventricular diastolic compliance exhibit quantitative relationships in rats. Edema due to low osmolarity coronary perfusates increases myocardial water content and histologic edema score and decreases left ventricular filling. The present study examined effects of perfusate osmolarity and chemical composition on rat hearts.
METHODS: Arrested American Cancer Institute (ACI) rat hearts (4 degrees C) were perfused with different cardioplegia solutions, including Plegisol (289 mOsm/L), dilute Plegisol (172 mOsm/L), Stanford solution (409 mOsm/L), and University of Wisconsin solution (315 mOsm/L). Controls had blood perfusion (310 mOsm/L). Postmortem left ventricular pressure-volume curves and myocardial water content were measured. After glutaraldehyde or formalin fixation, dehydration, and paraffin embedding, edema was graded subjectively.
RESULTS: Myocardial water content reflected perfusate osmolarity, being lowest in Stanford and University of Wisconsin solutions (p
CONCLUSIONS: Perfusate osmolarity determined myocardial water content and left ventricular filling volume. However, perfusate chemical composition influenced the histologic appearance of edema. Pathologic grading of edema can be influenced by factors other than osmolarity alone.
Volume
68
Issue
3
First Page
925
Last Page
930
ISSN
0003-4975
Published In/Presented At
Starr, J. P., Jia, C. X., Amirhamzeh, M. M., Rabkin, D. G., Hart, J. P., Hsu, D. T., Fisher, P. E., Szabolcs, M., & Spotnitz, H. M. (1999). Coronary perfusate composition influences diastolic properties, myocardial water content, and histologic characteristics of the rat left ventricle. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 68(3), 925–930. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00688-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10509985
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article