Abstract 266: The Effect of Different Kinds of Chest Compression Waveforms on the Heart Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury After Cardiac Arrest

Abstract

Purpose: This study was aimed to compare the effect of different kinds of chest compression waveforms on the heart ischemia-reperfusion injury after cardiac arrest (CA) in a rat model. Materials and methods: After the CA model was successfully established with continuous electrical stimulation of ventricular fibrillation, rats were divided into four different chest compression groups randomly, including manual group, triangular wave group, sine wave group and trapezoidal wave group. The success rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) of those four groups were calculated, and all ROSC rats were executed 30 minutes after ROSC. Further comparisons were made among those four groups, including pathological changes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide (O 2 - ) content. Results: The success ROSC rates for those four groups (manual group, triangular wave group, sine wave group and trapezoidal wave group) were 30%, 40%, 40% and 90% respectively. There were inflammatory cell infiltration and edema in the heart tissue of those four groups. The activities of SOD in trapezoidal wave group were 85.91±1.91 U/mg, much higher than those of the other three groups (P <0.05). On the other hand, the MDA and O 2 - levels of trapezoidal wave group were much lower than those of the other three groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that trapezoidal wave chest compression may be beneficial in improving the success rate of ROSC and alleviate heart injury. Its possible mechanism might lie in its anti-oxidative stress capability during the chest compression.