Effects of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest on the blood brain barrier in a cardiopulmonary bypass model--a pilot study.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BACKGROUND: Neurologic injury is common after cardiac surgery and disruption of the blood brain barrier (BBB) has been proposed as a contributing factor. We sought to study BBB characteristics in a rodent model of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA). METHODS: Adult rats were subjected to CPB/DHCA or to sham surgery. Analysis included Western blotting of relevant BBB proteins in addition to in vivo brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a clinically used low-molecular contrast agent. RESULTS: While quantitative analysis of BBB proteins revealed similar expression levels, MRI showed evidence of BBB disruption after CPB/DHCA compared to sham surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Combining molecular BBB analysis and MRI technology in a rodent model is a highly translatable approach to study adverse neurologic outcomes following CPB/DHCA.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Bartels, K; Ma, Q; Venkatraman, TN; Campos, CR; Smith, L; Cannon, RE; Podgoreanu, MV; Lascola, CD; Miller, DS; Mathew, JP
Published Date
- October 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 23 / 10
Start / End Page
- 981 - 984
PubMed ID
- 24931068
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4175088
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1444-2892
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.04.131
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Australia