ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002176
Xiao Qi, Sanaz Hatami, Sabin Bozso, Xiuhua Wang, Bruno Saleme, Jayan Nagendran, Evangelos Michelakis, Gopinath Sutendra, Darren H Freed
{"title":"The Effects of Oxygen-Derived Free-Radical Scavengers During Normothermic Ex-Situ Heart Perfusion.","authors":"Xiao Qi, Sanaz Hatami, Sabin Bozso, Xiuhua Wang, Bruno Saleme, Jayan Nagendran, Evangelos Michelakis, Gopinath Sutendra, Darren H Freed","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002176","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oxidative stress occurs during ex-situ heart perfusion (ESHP) and may negatively affect functional preservation of the heart. We sought to assess the status of key antioxidant enzymes during ESHP, and the effects of augmenting these antioxidants on the attenuation of oxidative stress and improvement of myocardial and endothelial preservation in ESHP. Porcine hearts were perfused for 6 hours with oxygen-derived free-radical scavengers polyethylene glycol (PEG)-catalase or PEG-superoxide dismutase (SOD) or with naive perfusate (control). The oxidative stress-related modifications were determined in the myocardium and coronary vasculature, and contractile function, injury, and endothelial integrity were compared between the groups. The activity of key antioxidant enzymes decreased and adding catalase and SOD restored the enzyme activity. Cardiac function and endothelial integrity were preserved better with restored catalase activity. Catalase and SOD both decreased myocardial injury and catalase reduced ROS production and oxidative modification of proteins in the myocardium and coronary vasculature. The activity of antioxidant enzymes decrease in ESHP. Catalase may improve the preservation of cardiac function and endothelial integrity during ESHP. While catalase and SOD may both exert cardioprotective effects, unbalanced SOD and catalase activity may paradoxically increase the production of reactive species during ESHP.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"741-749"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140064742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002191
Mousa Kharnaf, William A Abplanalp, Courtney Young, Cassandra Sprague, Leah Rosenfeldt, Reanna Smith, Dongfang Wang, Joseph S Palumbo, David L S Morales
{"title":"Unmasking the Impact of Oxygenator-Induced Hypocapnia on Blood Lactate in Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.","authors":"Mousa Kharnaf, William A Abplanalp, Courtney Young, Cassandra Sprague, Leah Rosenfeldt, Reanna Smith, Dongfang Wang, Joseph S Palumbo, David L S Morales","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002191","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is often associated with disturbances in acid/base status that can be triggered by the underlying pathology or the ECMO circuit itself. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is known to cause hypocapnia, but the impact of reduced partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO 2 ) on biomarkers of tissue perfusion during veno-arterial (VA)-ECMO has not been evaluated. To study the impact of low pCO 2 on perfusion indices in VA-ECMO, we placed Sprague-Dawley rats on an established VA-ECMO circuit using either an oxygen/carbon dioxide mixture (O 2 95%, CO 2 5%) or 100% O 2 delivered through the oxygenator (n = 5 per cohort). Animals receiving 100% O 2 developed a significant VA CO 2 difference (pCO 2 gap) and rising blood lactate levels that were inversely proportional to the decrease in pCO 2 values. In contrast, pCO 2 gap and lactate levels remained similar to pre-ECMO baseline levels in animals receiving the O 2 /CO 2 mixture. More importantly, there was no significant difference in venous oxygen saturation (SvO 2 ) between the two groups, suggesting that elevated blood lactate levels observed in the rats receiving 100% O 2 were a response to oxygenator induced hypocapnia and alkaline pH rather than reduced perfusion or underlying tissue hypoxia. These findings have implications in clinical and experimental extracorporeal support contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"795-802"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11365802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140130656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002180
Elliott Worku, Stuart Duffin, Sanjay Tarvade, Máté Rudas
{"title":"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Ouroboros: A Rare Cause of Mass Recirculation During Femoro-Jugular Venovenous ECMO.","authors":"Elliott Worku, Stuart Duffin, Sanjay Tarvade, Máté Rudas","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002180","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e137-e138"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002156
Juan D Linares Velandia, Diane Tran, Antoine E Sakr, Ruofan Yao, Uri Elkayam, Ajay S Vaidya, Aaron M Wolfson, Dmitry Abramov
{"title":"Successful Pregnancy After Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation for Myocardial Recovery.","authors":"Juan D Linares Velandia, Diane Tran, Antoine E Sakr, Ruofan Yao, Uri Elkayam, Ajay S Vaidya, Aaron M Wolfson, Dmitry Abramov","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002156","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 36 year old woman with history of heart failure and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, with subsequent explantation after myocardial recovery, presented for management of preconception counseling and subsequent pregnancy. To our knowledge, this case represents the first documented successful pregnancy after LVAD explantation. Management details are provided, and relevant literature is reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e133-e136"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-06-28DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002261
Vasileios Zochios, Hakeem Yusuff, Marta Velia Antonini
{"title":"Prone Positioning and Right Ventricular Protection During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.","authors":"Vasileios Zochios, Hakeem Yusuff, Marta Velia Antonini","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002261","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e119-e122"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-11DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002185
Gardner Yost, Jeffrey Plott, Amogh Angandi, Conor Locke, Thomas Marten, Jonathan W Haft
{"title":"Mechanical Analysis of a Novel Sternal Closure System in Static Tensile Loading.","authors":"Gardner Yost, Jeffrey Plott, Amogh Angandi, Conor Locke, Thomas Marten, Jonathan W Haft","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002185","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The most common means of sternal closure after sternotomy is stainless steel wire cerclage. These wires, while inexpensive and simple in design, are known to be associated with low strength and sternal dehiscence. In this biomechanical analysis, we compare single sternal wires, double sternal wires, and a novel sternal closure device we have designed to mitigate sternal dehiscence. The device uses polymer grommets at the sternal interfaces to distribute load over a large surface area of bone. Samples of each closure device were installed in a bone model and distracted at a rate of 10 mm/min while tensile forces were continuously measured and compared. Single wires generated the lowest stiffness and strength values, followed by the double wires. The novel device demonstrated significantly higher stiffness and strength at all displacements compared with the single and double wires. Clinical use of this device may result in meaningful reduction in complications associated with the use of standard sternal wires such as sternal separation and fracture.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"767-772"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140100985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002239
J Michael Brewer, Roberto Lorusso, L Mikael Broman, Steven A Conrad, Justyna Swol, Marc O Maybauer
{"title":"Central Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Background and Standardized Nomenclature.","authors":"J Michael Brewer, Roberto Lorusso, L Mikael Broman, Steven A Conrad, Justyna Swol, Marc O Maybauer","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002239","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review highlights advancements in extracorporeal life support (ECLS), emphasizing the critical role of standardized terminology, particularly for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in treating right ventricular and respiratory failure. Advocating for the adoption of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Maastricht Treaty for ECLS Nomenclature guidelines, it aims to resolve communication barriers in the ECMO field. Focusing on venopulmonary (VP) ECMO utilizing central pulmonary artery (PA) access, this review details surgical approaches and introduces a terminology guide to support effective knowledge exchange and advancements in patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"e123-e128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11356689/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002177
Sanket Gokhale, Alexandra Malesz, Luke Masha
{"title":"Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients Without Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.","authors":"Sanket Gokhale, Alexandra Malesz, Luke Masha","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002177","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) can develop sustained ventricular arrhythmias (VA). The history and presentation of VA in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)-naive patients with LVAD is not well described in the literature and the risks/benefits of ICD implantation are unknown. This single-center retrospective cohort study included patients >18 years old who did not have an ICD during LVAD implantation from 2010 to 2022. The primary outcome was VA event rate per 100 patient-years. Two hundred thirty-seven patients underwent LVAD implantation and we identified 46 (19.4%) ICD naive patients. The etiology of heart failure in most patients was nonischemic cardiomyopathy (67.4%). Of all patients, only five were found to have documented VA. Only two episodes of VA occurred in the ambulatory setting. The estimated index VA rate was 5.89 events per 100 patient-years in our entire ICD-naive LVAD population. In the ambulatory ICD-naive population, the estimated VA rate was 2.42 events per 100 patient-years with no associated mortality. The rate of index VA in ICD-naive patients was below thresholds associated with benefits from ICD insertion. No ambulatory mortality from VA was seen and VA was well tolerated by the LVAD population. Perioperative VA in this population is associated with high mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"773-777"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140064743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-29DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002190
Hatem Ali, Mahmoud Mohamed, Miklos Z Molnar, Tibor Fülöp, Bernard Burke, Arun Shroff, Sunil Shroff, David Briggs, Nithya Krishnan
{"title":"Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Outcome Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence to Aid Decision-Making in Kidney Allocation.","authors":"Hatem Ali, Mahmoud Mohamed, Miklos Z Molnar, Tibor Fülöp, Bernard Burke, Arun Shroff, Sunil Shroff, David Briggs, Nithya Krishnan","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002190","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In kidney transplantation, pairing recipients with the highest longevity with low-risk allografts to optimize graft-donor survival is a complex challenge. Current risk prediction models exhibit limited discriminative and calibration capabilities and have not been compared to modern decision-assisting tools. We aimed to develop a highly accurate risk-stratification index using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. Using data from the UNOS database (156,749 deceased kidney transplants, 2007-2021), we randomly divided transplants into training (80%) and validation (20%) sets. The primary measure was death-censored graft survival. Four machine learning models were assessed for calibration (integrated Brier score [IBS]) and discrimination (time-dependent concordance [CTD] index), compared with existing models. We conducted decision curve analysis and external validation using UK Transplant data. The Deep Cox mixture model showed the best discriminative performance (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.66, 0.67, and 0.68 at 6, 9, and 12 years post-transplant), with CTD at 0.66. Calibration was adequate (IBS = 0.12), while the kidney donor profile index (KDPI) model had lower CTD (0.59) and AUC (0.60). AI-based D-TOP outperformed the KDPI in evaluating transplant pairs based on graft survival, potentially enhancing deceased donor selection. Advanced computing is poised to influence kidney allocation schemes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":"808-818"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140326239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ASAIO JournalPub Date : 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002294
Andrew Kalra, Jin Kook Kang, Christopher Wilcox, Benjamin L Shou, Patricia Brown, Peter Rycus, Marc M Anders, Akram M Zaaqoq, Daniel Brodie, Glenn J R Whitman, Sung-Min Cho
{"title":"Pulse Pressure and Acute Brain Injury in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis.","authors":"Andrew Kalra, Jin Kook Kang, Christopher Wilcox, Benjamin L Shou, Patricia Brown, Peter Rycus, Marc M Anders, Akram M Zaaqoq, Daniel Brodie, Glenn J R Whitman, Sung-Min Cho","doi":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002294","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MAT.0000000000002294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low pulse pressure (PP) in venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is a marker of cardiac dysfunction and has been associated with acute brain injury (ABI) as continuous-flow centrifugal pump may lead to endothelial dysregulation. We retrospectively analyzed adults (≥18 years) receiving \"peripheral\" VA-ECMO for cardiogenic shock in the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry (January 2018-July 2023). Acute brain injury (our primary outcome) included central nervous system (CNS) ischemia, intracranial hemorrhage, brain death, and seizures. Multivariable logistic regressions were performed to examine whether PP ≤10 mm Hg was associated with ABI. Of 9,807 peripheral VA-ECMO patients (median age = 57.4 years, 67% = male), 8,294 (85%) had PP >10 mm Hg versus 1,513 (15%) had PP ≤10 mm Hg. Patients with PP ≤10 mm Hg experienced ABI more frequently versus PP >10 mm Hg (15% versus 11%, p < 0.001). After adjustment, PP ≤10 mm Hg was independently associated with ABI (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06-1.48, p = 0.01). Central nervous system ischemia and brain death were more common in patients with PP ≤10 versus PP >10 mm Hg (8% versus 6%, p = 0.008; 3% versus 1%, p < 0.001). Pulse pressure ≤10 mm Hg was associated with CNS ischemia (aOR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.02-1.56, p = 0.03) but not intracranial hemorrhage (aOR = 1.14, 95% CI = 0.85-1.54, p = 0.38). Early low PP (≤10 mm Hg) at 24 hours of ECMO support was associated with ABI, particularly CNS ischemia, in peripheral VA-ECMO patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":8844,"journal":{"name":"ASAIO Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142043852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}