Central nervous system damage during cardiac surgery assessed by 3 different biochemical markers in cerebrospinal fluid

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 26; no. 1; p. 39
• Main Authors: Sellman, M, Ivert, T, Ronquist, G, Caesarini, K, Persson, L, Semb, B K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden 1992
• Subjects: Adenylyl Cyclases - cerebrospinal fluid; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid; Central Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid; Central Nervous System Diseases - etiology; Coronary Artery Bypass; Extracorporeal Circulation - adverse effects; Extracorporeal Circulation - instrumentation; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase - cerebrospinal fluid; S100 Proteins - cerebrospinal fluid
• ISSN: 0036-5580
• DOI: 10.3109/14017439209099051

Three cerebral biochemical markers, adenylate kinase (AK), neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and protein S-100, were determined in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of male patients 24 h after coronary artery bypass grafting to investigate the extent of possible center nervous system (CNS) damage and relation to the type of oxygenator and the use of an arterial line filter. The patients were randomized into three groups for extracorporeal circulation (ECC); bubble oxygenator without an arterial line filter (Group I, n = 30), bubble oxygenator with a filter (Group II, n = 29) and a flat-sheet membrane oxygenator without a filter (Group III, n = 33). Pathologically high CSF levels of AK and NSE were found 24 h after ECC in respectively 93% and 95% of the patients. All protein S-100 concentrations were within the normal range. Isolated high CSF concentrations of AK, NSE and protein S-100 were observed in group I. Levels of AK and NSE were the lowest in group III, although there was no statistical difference between the groups. In conclusion, our study suggested that CNS damage caused by ECC involved neurons rather than glial cells. AK and NSE in the CSF seemed to be markers of ischaemic neuronal damage. Postoperative levels of biochemical markers in the CSF tended to be the lowest in the flat-sheet membrane oxygenator group.