Increased Coronary Contraction to Thromboxane A2 in Cardiac Surgery Patients With Poorly Controlled Hypertension

Overview

Journal J Surg Res

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2023 Nov 5

PMID 37925953

Authors

Sharif A Sabe

Amy Zhao

Martin A Kononov

Mohamed Sabra

Janelle Li

Afshin Ehsan

Jun Feng

Frank W Sellke

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Abstract

Introduction: Cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass (CP/CPB) alters coronary arteriolar response to thromboxane A2 (TXA2) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Comorbidities, including hypertension (HTN), can further alter coronary vasomotor tone. This study investigates the effects of HTN on coronary arteriolar response to TXA2 pre and post-CP/CPB and cardiac surgery.

Materials And Methods: Coronary arterioles pre and post-CP/CPB were dissected from atrial tissue samples in patients with no HTN (NH, n = 9), well-controlled HTN (WC, n = 12), or uncontrolled HTN (UC, n = 12). In-vitro coronary microvascular reactivity was examined in the presence of TXA2 analog U46619 (10-10M). Protein expression of TXA2 receptor in the harvested right atrial tissue samples were measured by immunoblotting.

Results: TXA2 analog U46619 induced dose-dependent contractile responses of coronary arterioles in all groups. Pre-CPB contractile responses to U46619 were significantly increased in microvessels in the UC group compared to the NH group (P < 0.05). The pre-CP/CPB contractile responses of coronary arterioles were significantly diminished post-CP/CPB among the three groups (P < 0.05), but there remained an increased contractile response in the microvessels of the UC group compared to the WC and NH groups (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in U46619-induced vasomotor tone between patients in the NH and WC groups (P > 0.05). There were no differences in expression of TXA2R among groups.

Conclusions: Poorly controlled HTN is associated with increased contractile response of coronary arterioles to TXA2. This alteration may contribute to worsened recovery of coronary microvascular function in patients with poorly controlled HTN after CP/CPB and cardiac surgery.

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