Nitrotyrosine and nitrate/nitrite levels in cardiac arrest survivors treated with endovascular hypothermia.

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  • A Krüger
  • P Ošťádal
  • D Vondráková
  • M Janotka
  • J Herget
چکیده

The protective effect of therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest survivors (CAS) has been previously well documented. Animal studies have indicated that attenuation of tissue oxidative stress (OS) may be involved in the mechanisms that lead to the beneficial effect of hypothermia. The extent of OS and nitric oxide (NO) production in adult CAS treated with endovascular hypothermia is, however, unknown. A total of 11 adult patients who experienced cardiac arrest out of hospital were included in the present study, and all were treated with mild hypothermia using the Thermogard XP (Alsius, USA) endovascular system. A target core temperature of 33 °C was maintained for 24 hours, with a subsequent rewarming rate of 0.15 °C per hour, followed by normothermia at 36.8 °C. Blood samples for the measurement of nitrotyrosine and nitrate/nitrite levels were drawn at admission and every 6 hours thereafter for two days. During the hypothermic period, the levels of nitrotyrosine and nitrates/nitrites were comparable with baseline values. During the rewarming period, serum levels of both parameters gradually increased and, during the normothermic period, the levels were significantly higher compared with hypothermic levels (nitrotyrosine, P<0.001; nitrates/nitrites, P<0.05). In our study, significantly lower levels of nitrotyrosine and nitrates/nitrites were demonstrated during hypothermia compared with levels during the normothermic period in adult CAS. These data suggest that attenuation of OS and NO production may be involved in the protective effect of hypothermia in adult CAS.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physiological research

دوره 61 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012