Effects of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest on the blood brain barrier in a cardiopulmonary bypass model--a pilot study.

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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).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.While quantitative analysis of BBB proteins revealed similar expression levels, MRI showed evidence of BBB disruption after CPB/DHCA compared to sham surgery.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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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

  • 24931068

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1444-2892

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1443-9506

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.04.131

Language

  • eng