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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002, Vol. 88, No. 6 779-784
© 2002 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Clinical Investigations

Effects of phosphodiesterase III inhibition on length-dependent regulation of myocardial function in coronary surgery patients

S. G. De Hert*,1, P. W. ten Broecke1, E. Mertens1, I. E. Rodrigus2 and B. A. Stockman2

Departments of 1Anaesthesiology and 2Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium*Corresponding author

Background. Phosphodiesterase III inhibitors increase myocardial contractility and decrease left ventricular (LV) afterload. We studied whether these effects altered LV response to an increase in cardiac load and affected length-dependent regulation of myocardial function.

Methods. Before the start of cardiopulmonary bypass, a high-fidelity pressure catheter was positioned in the left ventricle and the left atrium in 10 coronary surgery patients. LV response to an increased cardiac load, caused by leg elevation, was assessed during baseline conditions and after administration of milrinone at a dose of 20 µg kg–1 over 15 min. Effects on contraction were measured by changes in maximal rate of pressure development (dP/dtmax). Effects on relaxation were assessed by analysis of changes in maximum rate of pressure decrease and by analysis of the load dependency of myocardial relaxation (R = slope of the relation between the time constant of isovolumic relaxation and end systolic pressure).

Results. Milrinone increased dP/dtmax but measures of relaxation were unaltered. Leg elevation had more effect on measures of contraction and relaxation after milrinone than at baseline. The relationship between R and changes in dP/dtmax shifted downwards and to the right with milrinone, whereas the relationship between R and changes in end diastolic pressure (EDP) shifted downwards and to the left.

Conclusions. This suggests that milrinone improved contraction, reduced the load dependency of LV pressure decrease, and reduced the change in EDP after leg elevation.

Br J Anaesth 2002: 88: 779–84


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