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Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size.

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Holman, WL; Ikeshita, M; Douglas, JM; Smith, PK; Cox, JL
Published in: Surgery
February 1983

Cryothermic ablation of myocardium and portions of the specialized cardiac conduction tissue has been employed successfully for the treatment of both supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. As more uses have been found for cardiac cryosurgery, increasing flexibility of the cryothermia system has been required. The present study was designed to develop a method for electively increasing or decreasing the dimensions and volume of cryolesions by altering adjacent myocardial temperatures. Fourteen dogs were subjected to cardiopulmonary bypass, and standard cryothermic exposures (4 mm cryoprobe, -60 degrees C for 120 seconds) were used to create cryolesions on the left ventricular free wall. The dimensions and volumes of cryolesions created at myocardial temperatures of 37 degrees, 32 degrees, and 6 degrees to 12 degrees C (hypothermic cardioplegic arrest) were compared. Cryolesions created at 6 degrees to 12 degrees C with the dogs under cardioplegic arrest were significantly larger (P less than 0.05) than cryolesions created t 37 degrees or 32 degrees C in the perfused beating heart. This information may be useful in improving the results of myocardial cryoablation, particularly in procedures requiring the ablation of large regions of myocardium or regions deep below the epicardial or endocardial surface.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Surgery

ISSN

0039-6060

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

93

Issue

2

Start / End Page

268 / 272

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Necrosis
  • Myocardium
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Dogs
  • Cryosurgery
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Body Temperature
  • Animals
 

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Holman, W. L., Ikeshita, M., Douglas, J. M., Smith, P. K., & Cox, J. L. (1983). Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size. Surgery, 93(2), 268–272.
Holman, W. L., M. Ikeshita, J. M. Douglas, P. K. Smith, and J. L. Cox. “Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size.Surgery 93, no. 2 (February 1983): 268–72.
Holman WL, Ikeshita M, Douglas JM, Smith PK, Cox JL. Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size. Surgery. 1983 Feb;93(2):268–72.
Holman, W. L., et al. “Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size.Surgery, vol. 93, no. 2, Feb. 1983, pp. 268–72.
Holman WL, Ikeshita M, Douglas JM, Smith PK, Cox JL. Cardiac cryosurgery: effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size. Surgery. 1983 Feb;93(2):268–272.
Journal cover image

Published In

Surgery

ISSN

0039-6060

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

93

Issue

2

Start / End Page

268 / 272

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Necrosis
  • Myocardium
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Dogs
  • Cryosurgery
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Body Temperature
  • Animals