Perioperatively Inhaled Hydrogen Gas Diminishes Neurologic Injury Following Experimental Circulatory Arrest in Swine

Alexis R. Cole, Dorothy A. Perry, Ali Raza, Arthur P. Nedder, Elizabeth Pollack, William L. Regan, Sarah J. van den Bosch, Brian D. Polizzotti, Edward Yang, Daniel Davila, Onur Afacan, Simon K. Warfield, Yangming Ou, Brenda Sefton, Allen D. Everett, Jeffrey J. Neil, Hart G.W. Lidov, John E. Mayer, John N. Kheir

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Abstract

This study used a swine model of mildly hypothermic prolonged circulatory arrest and found that the addition of 2.4% inhaled hydrogen gas to inspiratory gases during and after the ischemic insult significantly decreased neurologic and renal injury compared with controls. With proper precautions, inhalational hydrogen may be administered safely through conventional ventilators and may represent a complementary therapy that can be easily incorporated into current workflows. In the future, inhaled hydrogen may diminish the sequelae of ischemia that occurs in congenital heart surgery, cardiac arrest, extracorporeal life-support events, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and organ transplantation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)176-187
Number of pages12
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019

Keywords

  • circulatory arrest
  • hydrogen gas
  • ischemia-reperfusion injury
  • neuroprotection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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