KMID : 0364020070400010008
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 Volume.40 No. 1 p.8 ~ p.16
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Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate Versus Blood Cardioplegic Solutions: A Prospective, Myocardial Ultrastructural Study
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Kim Si-Ho
Lee Young-Seok Woo Jong-Soo Sung Si-Chan Choi Pill-Jo Cho Kwang-Jo Bang Jung-Hee Roh Mee-Sook
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Abstract
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Background: We performed a prospective clinical study to evaluate the ultrastructural integrity of the myocardium after using Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate (HTK) solution in comparison with blood cardioplegic solution during congenital heart surgery.
Materials & Methods: Twenty two patients with acyanotic heart disease, who were scheduled for elective open heart surgery, were randomized into two groups. The HTK Group (n=11) received HTK cardioplegic solution; the blood group (n=11) received conventional blood cardioplegic solution during surgery. The preoperative diagnoses included ventricular septal defect (n=9) and atrial septal defect (n=2) in each group. A small biopsy specimen was taken from the right ventricle¡¯s myocardium, and this was processed for ultrastructural examination at the end of 30 minutes of reperfusion. Semiquantitative electron microscopy was carried out "blindly" in 4 areas per specimen and in 5 test fields per area by ¡¯random systematic sampling¡¯ and ¡¯point and intersection counting¡¯. The morphology of the mitochondrial membrane and cristae were then scored. The interstitial edema of the myocardium was also graded.
Results: The semiquantitative score of the mitochondrial morphology was 19.65?4.75 in the blood group and 25.25?5.85 in the HTK group (p=0.03). 6 patients (54.5%) in the blood group and 3 patients (27.3%) in the HTK group were grade 3 or more for the interstitial edema of the myocardium.
Conclusion: The ultrastructural integrity was preserved even better with HTK solution than with conventional blood cardioplegic solution. (Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;40:8-16)
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KEYWORD
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Myocardium, Myocardial reperfusion, Microscopy, electron, Heart defects, congenital
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