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  • Title: Therapeutic antidysrhythmic and functional protection in human atria.
    Author: Cain BS, Meldrum DR, Meng X, Pulido EJ, Banerjee A, Harken AH.
    Journal: J Surg Res; 1998 May; 76(2):143-8. PubMed ID: 9698514.
    Abstract:
    Approximately 30% of patients suffer supraventricular dysrhythmias after cardiac bypass. While the heart can be constructively preconditioned to maintain function against subsequent ischemic insult using a variety of stimuli across many species, preconditioning in experimental animals is associated with decreased postischemic reperfusion cardiac dysrhythmias. This mode of therapeutic preconditioning has not been previously examined in human atrial myocardium. We therefore hypothesized that preconditioning provides both antidysrhythmic and functional protection to human atria. To study this, human atrial trabeculae were suspended in organ baths, paced at 1 Hz, while force development and ectopy were recorded before and after simulated ischemia. The study consisted of five groups: (1) control trabeculae (n = 12), (2) trabeculae exposed to dysrhythmogenic stimuli (phenylephrine 50 microM and isoproterenol 25 microM (n = 8)), (3) trabeculae exposed to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and then drug stimulated (n = 10), (4) trabeculae preconditioned with adenosine (ADO 125 microM) then drug stimulated (n = 10), and (5) trabeculae preconditioned with ischemic preconditioning (IPC) then drug stimulated (n = 6) each at end reoxygenation. Differences between groups were assessed using X2 analysis and ANOVA (Bonferroni/Dunn). Results demonstrated that human atrial trabeculae did not exhibit dysrhythmia at baseline or when stimulated with alpha and beta agonists. After I/R, control trabeculae exhibited stimulated reperfusion dysrhythmia, while trabeculae preconditioned with either ADO or transient ischemia exhibited decreased stimulated dysrhythmia (each P < 0.05 vs. I/R). Functionally, I/R decreased developed force (DF) to 16 +/- 2% of baseline (%BDF) while ADO pretreatment increased postischemic DF to 41 +/- 3% BDF (P < 0.05 vs. I/R) while IPC increased DF to 49 +/- 3% BDF (P < 0.05 vs. I/R). We conclude that (1) human atrial trabeculae can ve functionally preconditioned with either ADO or IPC, and (2) protective preconditioning/ cardioprotection does extend to dysrhythmia control and is therapeutically accessible in human atrial myocardium.
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