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Myocardial rewarming between cardioplegic (CP) infusions is in part attributable to blood circulating through the heart from collateral channels. This experiment was performed to determine if the type of left ventricular (LV) venting affects myocardial temperature (temp) or alters myocardial protection. Twelve dogs underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) at 37 degrees C and were subjected to 100 min of cardioplegic arrest by intermittent coronary infusion of 300 ml 0-4 degrees C CP solution. Arterial, central venous, left atrial, and LV pressures; cardiac output; systemic, septal (S), right ventricular (RV), and LV temp; myocardial ATP and glycogen were measured; LV pressure/volume curves and LV dp/dt were calculated. Group A (6 dogs) had an LV vent during CPB, and Group B (6 dogs) had the aorta vented via the CP line. CP infusion lowered LV temp to 8 degrees C in Group A vs 13 degrees C in Group B (P less than 0.000002); S temp was lowered to 7 degrees C in Group A vs 11 C in Group B (P less than 0.00007); and RV temp was lowered to 16 degrees C in Groups A and B. Ten minutes after CP, LV and S temp increased to 20-21 degrees C in Groups A and B, and RV temp to 24-25 degrees C in Groups A and B. Twenty minutes after CP all temperatures were the same. Hemodynamics and myocardial metabolic studies were similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Hearts vented via the LV cooled to a lower temperature vs those vented via the aorta. Venting did not affect myocardial rewarming, myocardial metabolites, or ventricular function.
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