BACKGROUND: Theglobalshortageofdonorheartsavailablefortransplantationisamajorproblemforthetreatmentofend-stageheartfailure.Theischemictimefordonorheartsusingtraditionalpreserva-tionbystandardstaticcoldstorage(SCS)islimitedtoapproximately4hours,beyondwhichtheriskforprimarygraftdysfunction(PGD)significantlyincreases.Hypothermicmachineperfusion(HMP)ofdonorheartshasbeenproposedtosafelyextendischemictimewithoutincreasingtheriskofPGD.METHODS:Usingoursheepmodelof24hoursbraindeath(BD)followedbyorthotopichearttransplan-tation(HTx),weexaminedpost-transplantoutcomesinrecipientsfollowingdonorheartpreservationbyHMPfor8hours,comparedtodonorheartpreservationfor2hoursbyeitherSCSorHMP.RESULTS:FollowingHTx,allHMPrecipients(both2hoursand8hoursgroups)survivedtotheendofthestudy(6hoursaftertransplantationandsuccessfulweaningfromcardiopulmonarybypass),requiredlessvasoactivesupportforhemodynamicstability,andexhibitedsuperiormetabolic,fluidsta-tusandinflammatoryprofilescomparedtoSCSrecipients.Contractilefunctionandcardiacdamage(troponinIreleaseandhistologicalassessment)wascomparablebetweengroups.CONCLUSIONS:Overall,comparedtocurrentclinicalSCS,recipientoutcomesfollowingtransplanta-tionarenotadverselyimpactedbyextendingHMPto8hours.Theseresultshaveimportantimplica-tionsforclinicaltransplantationwherelongerischemictimesmayberequired(e.g.,complexsurgicalcases,transportacrosslongdistances).Additionally,HMPmayallowsafepreservationof“marginal”donorheartsthataremoresusceptibletomyocardialinjuryandfacilitateincreasedutilizationoftheseheartsfortransplantation.

Donor heart ischemic time can be extended beyond 9 hours using hypothermic machine perfusion in sheep / L.E. See, G. Li Bassi, K. Wildi, M.R. Passmore, M. Bouquet, K. Sato, S. Heinsar, C. Ainola, N. Bartnikowski, E.S. Wilson, K. Hyslop, K. Skeggs, N.G. Obonyo, T. Shuker, L. Bradbury, C. Palmieri, S. Engkilde-Pedersen, C. Mcdonald, S.M. Colombo, M.A. Wells, J.D. Reid, H. O'Neill, S. Livingstone, G. Abbate, A. Haymet, J. Jung, N. Sato, L. James, T. He, N. White, M.A. Redd, J.E. Millar, M. Malfertheiner, V, P. Molenaar, D. Platts, J. Chan, J.Y. Suen, D.C. Mcgiffin, J.F. Fraser. - In: THE JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. - ISSN 1053-2498. - 42:8(2023 Aug), pp. 1015-1029. [10.1016/J.HEALUN.2023.03.020]

Donor heart ischemic time can be extended beyond 9 hours using hypothermic machine perfusion in sheep

G. Li Bassi
Secondo
;
S.M. Colombo;
2023

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Theglobalshortageofdonorheartsavailablefortransplantationisamajorproblemforthetreatmentofend-stageheartfailure.Theischemictimefordonorheartsusingtraditionalpreserva-tionbystandardstaticcoldstorage(SCS)islimitedtoapproximately4hours,beyondwhichtheriskforprimarygraftdysfunction(PGD)significantlyincreases.Hypothermicmachineperfusion(HMP)ofdonorheartshasbeenproposedtosafelyextendischemictimewithoutincreasingtheriskofPGD.METHODS:Usingoursheepmodelof24hoursbraindeath(BD)followedbyorthotopichearttransplan-tation(HTx),weexaminedpost-transplantoutcomesinrecipientsfollowingdonorheartpreservationbyHMPfor8hours,comparedtodonorheartpreservationfor2hoursbyeitherSCSorHMP.RESULTS:FollowingHTx,allHMPrecipients(both2hoursand8hoursgroups)survivedtotheendofthestudy(6hoursaftertransplantationandsuccessfulweaningfromcardiopulmonarybypass),requiredlessvasoactivesupportforhemodynamicstability,andexhibitedsuperiormetabolic,fluidsta-tusandinflammatoryprofilescomparedtoSCSrecipients.Contractilefunctionandcardiacdamage(troponinIreleaseandhistologicalassessment)wascomparablebetweengroups.CONCLUSIONS:Overall,comparedtocurrentclinicalSCS,recipientoutcomesfollowingtransplanta-tionarenotadverselyimpactedbyextendingHMPto8hours.Theseresultshaveimportantimplica-tionsforclinicaltransplantationwherelongerischemictimesmayberequired(e.g.,complexsurgicalcases,transportacrosslongdistances).Additionally,HMPmayallowsafepreservationof“marginal”donorheartsthataremoresusceptibletomyocardialinjuryandfacilitateincreasedutilizationoftheseheartsfortransplantation.
heart transplantation; hypothermic machine perfusion; organ preservation; static cold storage;
Settore MEDS-23/A - Anestesiologia
ago-2023
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