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ABSTRACT: Objectives
Approaches to improve saphenous vein (SV) patency in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remain relevant. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different preservation solutions and different pressures of intraluminal distention on the endothelium of SV segments in CABG.Methods
Forty-two SV segments obtained from 12 patients undergoing CABG were divided into 7 groups. Group 1 (control) was prepared without preservation or intraluminal distension, while the other 6 groups were preserved in autologous heparinized autologous arterial blood or normal saline (NS), with distention pressures 30, 100 and 300 mmHg. To assess the effects of using these solutions and pressures on the endothelium, the grafts were analysed by scanning electron microscopy, with the measurement of endothelial damage degree.Results
Segments in group 1 showed minimal endothelial damage. SV grafts preserved with NS had significantly greater endothelial damage both compared to the control group and compared to groups preserved with autologous arterial blood (P < 0.001). Segments distended with pressures up to 100 mmHg showed less damage when compared to those distended at 300 mmHg, with the ones subjected to higher pressures presenting a maximum degree of damage, with considerable loss and separation of endothelial cells, extensive foci of exposure of the basement membrane and numerous fractures of the intimate layer, without differences regarding the solution used.Conclusions
Preparation of SV using NS and with intraluminal distension pressures above 100 mmHg is factors related to increased damage to the venous endothelium.
SUBMITTER: Pimentel MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419693 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pimentel Matheus Duarte MD Lobo Filho José Glauco JG Lobo Filho Heraldo Guedis HG de Castro Miguel Emílio E Pinheiro Paiva Sergimar Kennedy SK Silva Matos João Igor JI Mesquita Fernandes Matheus Augusto MA Fechine Jamacaru Francisco Vagnaldo FV
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 20220801 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>Approaches to improve saphenous vein (SV) patency in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remain relevant. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different preservation solutions and different pressures of intraluminal distention on the endothelium of SV segments in CABG.<h4>Methods</h4>Forty-two SV segments obtained from 12 patients undergoing CABG were divided into 7 groups. Group 1 (control) was prepared without preservation or intraluminal distension, while the ...[more]