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Cardiac Surgery is Associated with Biomarker Evidence of Neuronal Damage

Alifier, M; Olsson, B; Andreasson, U; Cullen, NC; Czyżewska, J; Jakubów, P; Sieśkiewicz, A; ... Blennow, K; + view all (2020) Cardiac Surgery is Associated with Biomarker Evidence of Neuronal Damage. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 10.3233/JAD-191165. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anesthesia and surgery is commonly associated with central nervous system sequelae and cognitive symptoms, which may be caused by neuronal injury. Neuronal injury can be monitored by plasma concentrations of the neuronal biomarkers tau and neurofilament light protein (NFL). Currently, there are no studies examining whether neuronal injury varies between surgical procedures. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate if neuronal damage is more frequent after cardiac than after otolaryngeal surgery, as estimated by tau and NFL concentrations in plasma. METHODS: Blood samples were drawn before, during, and after surgery and concentrations of tau, NFL, Aβ40, and Aβ42 were measured in 25 patients undergoing cardiac surgery (9 off-pump and 16 on-pump) and 26 patients undergoing otolaryngeal surgery. RESULTS: Tau increased during surgery (1752%, p = 0.0001) and NFL rose seven days post-surgery (1090%, p < 0.0001) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery; even more in patients on-pump than off-pump. No changes were observed in patients undergoing otolaryngeal surgery and only minor fluctuations were observed for Aβ40 and Aβ42. CONCLUSION: Cardiac surgery is associated with neuronal injury, which is aggravated by extracorporeal circulation. Analyses of NFL and tau in blood may guide development of surgical procedures to minimize neuronal damage, and may also be used in longitudinal clinical studies to assess the relationship of surgery with future neurocognitive impairment or dementia.

Type: Article
Title: Cardiac Surgery is Associated with Biomarker Evidence of Neuronal Damage
Location: Netherlands
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-191165
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191165
Language: English
Keywords: Cardiac surgery, cognitive impairment, dementia, extracorporeal circulation, neurofilament light protein, plasma, tau
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094003
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