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Serum biomarkers of brain injury after uncomplicated cardiac surgery: Secondary analysis from a randomized trial

Barbu, Mikael; Jónsson, Kristján; Zetterberg, Henrik; Blennow, Kaj; Kolsrud, Oscar; Ricksten, Sven-Erik; Dellgren, Göran; ... Jeppsson, Anders; + view all (2022) Serum biomarkers of brain injury after uncomplicated cardiac surgery: Secondary analysis from a randomized trial. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 10.1111/aas.14033. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is common after cardiac surgery. Postoperative measurements of brain injury biomarkers may identify brain damage and predict cognitive dysfunction. We describe the release patterns of five brain injury markers in serum and plasma after uncomplicated cardiac surgery. METHODS: Sixty-one elective cardiac surgery patients were randomized to undergo surgery with either a dextran-based prime or a crystalloid prime. Blood samples were taken immediately before surgery, and 2 and 24 hours after surgery. Concentrations of the brain injury biomarkers S100B, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), tau, neurofilament light (NfL) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE)) and the blood-brain barrier injury marker β-trace protein were analyzed. Concentrations of brain injury biomarkers were correlated to patients' age, operation time, and degree of hemolysis. RESULTS: No significant difference in brain injury biomarkers was observed between the prime groups. All brain injury biomarkers increased significantly after surgery (tau +456% (25th-75th percentile 327%-702%), NfL +57% (28%-87%), S100B +1145% (783%-2158%), GFAP +17% (-3%-43%), NSE +168% (106%-228%), while β-trace protein was reduced (-11% (-17-3%). Tau, S100B and NSE peaked at 2h, NfL and GFAP at 24h. Postoperative concentrations of brain injury markers correlated to age, operation time, and/or hemolysis. CONCLUSION: Uncomplicated cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with an increase in serum/plasma levels of all the studied injury markers, without signs of blood-brain barrier injury. The biomarkers differ markedly in their levels of release and time course. Further investigations are required to study associations between perioperative release of biomarkers, postoperative cognitive function and clinical outcome.

Type: Article
Title: Serum biomarkers of brain injury after uncomplicated cardiac surgery: Secondary analysis from a randomized trial
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/aas.14033
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.14033
Language: English
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UCL classification: 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 > Neurodegenerative Diseases
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144036
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