Total aortic arch replacement: superior ventriculo-arterial coupling with decellularized allografts compared with conventional prostheses
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Total aortic arch replacement: superior ventriculo-arterial coupling with decellularized allografts compared with conventional prostheses. / Weymann, Alexander; Radovits, Tamás; Schmack, Bastian; Korkmaz, Sevil; Li, Shiliang; Chaimow, Nicole; Pätzold, Ines; Becher, Peter Moritz; Hartyánszky, István; Soós, Pál; Merkely, Gergő; Németh, Balázs Tamás; Istók, Roland; Veres, Gábor; Merkely, Béla; Terytze, Konstantin; Karck, Matthias; Szabó, Gábor.
In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 7, 2014, p. e103588.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Total aortic arch replacement: superior ventriculo-arterial coupling with decellularized allografts compared with conventional prostheses
AU - Weymann, Alexander
AU - Radovits, Tamás
AU - Schmack, Bastian
AU - Korkmaz, Sevil
AU - Li, Shiliang
AU - Chaimow, Nicole
AU - Pätzold, Ines
AU - Becher, Peter Moritz
AU - Hartyánszky, István
AU - Soós, Pál
AU - Merkely, Gergő
AU - Németh, Balázs Tamás
AU - Istók, Roland
AU - Veres, Gábor
AU - Merkely, Béla
AU - Terytze, Konstantin
AU - Karck, Matthias
AU - Szabó, Gábor
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - BACKGROUND: To date, no experimental or clinical study provides detailed analysis of vascular impedance changes after total aortic arch replacement. This study investigated ventriculoarterial coupling and vascular impedance after replacement of the aortic arch with conventional prostheses vs. decellularized allografts.METHODS: After preparing decellularized aortic arch allografts, their mechanical, histological and biochemical properties were evaluated and compared to native aortic arches and conventional prostheses in vitro. In open-chest dogs, total aortic arch replacement was performed with conventional prostheses and compared to decellularized allografts (n = 5/group). Aortic flow and pressure were recorded continuously, left ventricular pressure-volume relations were measured by using a pressure-conductance catheter. From the hemodynamic variables end-systolic elastance (Ees), arterial elastance (Ea) and ventriculoarterial coupling were calculated. Characteristic impedance (Z) was assessed by Fourier analysis.RESULTS: While Ees did not differ between the groups and over time (4.1±1.19 vs. 4.58±1.39 mmHg/mL and 3.21±0.97 vs. 3.96±1.16 mmHg/mL), Ea showed a higher increase in the prosthesis group (4.01±0.67 vs. 6.18±0.20 mmHg/mL, P<0.05) in comparison to decellularized allografts (5.03±0.35 vs. 5.99±1.09 mmHg/mL). This led to impaired ventriculoarterial coupling in the prosthesis group, while it remained unchanged in the allograft group (62.5±50.9 vs. 3.9±23.4%). Z showed a strong increasing tendency in the prosthesis group and it was markedly higher after replacement when compared to decellularized allografts (44.6±8.3 dyn·sec·cm(-5) vs. 32.4±2.0 dyn·sec·cm(-5), P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Total aortic arch replacement leads to contractility-afterload mismatch by means of increased impedance and invert ventriculoarterial coupling ratio after implantation of conventional prostheses. Implantation of decellularized allografts preserves vascular impedance thereby improving ventriculoarterial mechanoenergetics after aortic arch replacement.
AB - BACKGROUND: To date, no experimental or clinical study provides detailed analysis of vascular impedance changes after total aortic arch replacement. This study investigated ventriculoarterial coupling and vascular impedance after replacement of the aortic arch with conventional prostheses vs. decellularized allografts.METHODS: After preparing decellularized aortic arch allografts, their mechanical, histological and biochemical properties were evaluated and compared to native aortic arches and conventional prostheses in vitro. In open-chest dogs, total aortic arch replacement was performed with conventional prostheses and compared to decellularized allografts (n = 5/group). Aortic flow and pressure were recorded continuously, left ventricular pressure-volume relations were measured by using a pressure-conductance catheter. From the hemodynamic variables end-systolic elastance (Ees), arterial elastance (Ea) and ventriculoarterial coupling were calculated. Characteristic impedance (Z) was assessed by Fourier analysis.RESULTS: While Ees did not differ between the groups and over time (4.1±1.19 vs. 4.58±1.39 mmHg/mL and 3.21±0.97 vs. 3.96±1.16 mmHg/mL), Ea showed a higher increase in the prosthesis group (4.01±0.67 vs. 6.18±0.20 mmHg/mL, P<0.05) in comparison to decellularized allografts (5.03±0.35 vs. 5.99±1.09 mmHg/mL). This led to impaired ventriculoarterial coupling in the prosthesis group, while it remained unchanged in the allograft group (62.5±50.9 vs. 3.9±23.4%). Z showed a strong increasing tendency in the prosthesis group and it was markedly higher after replacement when compared to decellularized allografts (44.6±8.3 dyn·sec·cm(-5) vs. 32.4±2.0 dyn·sec·cm(-5), P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Total aortic arch replacement leads to contractility-afterload mismatch by means of increased impedance and invert ventriculoarterial coupling ratio after implantation of conventional prostheses. Implantation of decellularized allografts preserves vascular impedance thereby improving ventriculoarterial mechanoenergetics after aortic arch replacement.
KW - Allografts
KW - Animals
KW - Aorta, Thoracic/surgery
KW - Aortic Diseases/physiopathology
KW - Biomechanical Phenomena
KW - Blood Vessel Prosthesis
KW - Dogs
KW - Female
KW - Male
KW - Myocardial Contraction
KW - Vascular Resistance
KW - Ventricular Pressure
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0103588
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0103588
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25079587
VL - 9
SP - e103588
JO - PLOS ONE
JF - PLOS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 7
ER -