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Critical warm ischemia time point for cardiac donation after circulatory death

Journal

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 1321-1328

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16987

Keywords

cardiac contractility; cardiac procurement; donation after circulatory death; normothermic regional perfusion

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  1. Fundacion Mutua Madrilena

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This study aims to determine the critical warm ischemia time based on in vivo biochemical changes. The findings suggest that there is a significant compromise in cellular function and viability 10 minutes after circulatory arrest, which is important for incorporating DCD into heart transplant programs.
Donation after circulatory death (DCD) represents a promising opportunity to overcome the relative shortage of donors for heart transplantation. However, the necessary period of warm ischemia is a concern. This study aims to determine the critical warm ischemia time based on in vivo biochemical changes. Sixteen DCD non-cardiac donors, without cardiovascular disease, underwent serial endomyocardial biopsies immediately before withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST), at circulatory arrest (CA) and every 2 min thereafter. Samples were processed into representative pools to assess calcium homeostasis, mitochondrial function and cellular viability. Compared to baseline, no significant deterioration was observed in any studied parameter at the time of CA (median: 9 min; IQR: 7-13 min; range: 4-19 min). Ten min after CA, phosphorylation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase-A on Thr197 and SERCA2 decreased markedly; and parallelly, mitochondrial complex II and IV activities decreased, and caspase 3/7 activity raised significantly. These results did not differ when donors with higher WLST to CA times (>= 9 min) were analyzed separately. In human cardiomyocytes, the period from WLST to CA and the first 10 min after CA were not associated with a significant compromise in cellular function or viability. These findings may help to incorporate DCD into heart transplant programs.

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