Transcerebral platelet activation after aortic cross-clamp release is linked to neurocognitive decline

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Joseph P MathewChristine S Rinder

Abstract

Neurocognitive decline after cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be caused in part by highly prothrombotic atheroemboli to the brain; the source of these emboli is likely the ascending aorta and aortic arch. We examined transcerebral platelet activation gradients using simultaneous measurements in arterial and jugular venous blood and then compared gradients with post-CPB-associated neurocognitive injury. Eighty-one patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery requiring CPB were studied. Neurocognitive function was measured preoperatively and again at 6 weeks postoperatively. Paired arterial and jugular venous blood samples were drawn before surgery, immediately before and after aortic cross-clamp removal (an event previously linked to embolic showers), and at the end of the operation. Transcerebral platelet activation gradients (venous minus arterial values) were compared in patients with and without cognitive deficit. Immediately after aortic cross-clamp removal, there was a significant increase in the transcerebral platelet activation gradient (increased % P-selectin-positive platelets during transcerebral passage) in the subset of patients who subsequently developed post-CPB cogni...Continue Reading

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