• Qiang Ji, WenJun Ding, YunQing Mei, XiSheng Wang, Jing Feng, and JianZhi Cai.
• Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery of Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
• Can J Cardiol. 2014 Nov 1;30(11):1429-35.

BackgroundIn this study, we aimed to evaluate the protective effect of tight glucose control during cardiopulmonary bypass on myocardium in adult nondiabetic patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement in a prospective and randomized trial.MethodsSixty-five adult nondiabetic patients undergoing selective isolated aortic valve replacement were enrolled and randomly assigned to an insulin group (patients received a continuous insulin infusion during surgery; n = 33) or a control group (patients were not administered insulin unless their blood glucose level exceeded 200 mg/dL; n = 32). Cardiac troponin I was assayed preoperatively, and then at 2, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours after aortic cross-declamping. The pre-, intra-, and postoperative relevant data of all selected patients were analyzed.ResultsTight glucose control reduced postoperative peak release by 48% for cardiac troponin I compared with the control group (0.48 ± 0.12 vs 0.71 ± 0.17 ng/mL; P < 0.0001). Patients with continuous insulin infusion had lower peak inotropic score during the first postoperative 24 hours and peak level of blood glucose (5.8 ± 2.2 vs 8.2 ± 3.1 μg/kg/min; P < 0.0001; 131.9 ± 23.8 vs 191.1 ± 38.5 mg/dL; P < 0.001, respectively), shorter duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay and hospital stay compared with the control group (11.6 ± 2.9 hours vs 14.8 ± 3.5 hours; P = 0.0002; 28.4 ± 7.2 hours vs 36.5 ± 7.8 hours; P < 0.0001; 9.4 ± 3.3 days vs 11.5 ± 4.2 days; P = 0.0283, respectively).ConclusionsTight glucose control during cardiopulmonary bypass might provide myocardial protection in adult nondiabetic patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement.Copyright © 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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