BETA-BLOCKERS IN CARDIAC SURGERY PRO CONTRO Giovanni Landoni Luigi Tritapepe Stefano Turi Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano Policlinico Umberto I, Roma XX SMART MILANO 6 MAGGIO 2009

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BETA-BLOCKERS IN CARDIAC SURGERY

“. For patients with elevated biomarkers after CABG, it is it is particularly important that attention be given to optimal medical therapy, including the use of beta- blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, antiplatelet agents, and statins in eligible individuals”.

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Atrial fibrillation occurs in 30% patients undergoing CABG (peak on the second- third post-operative day) Increase in the length of stay Increase the charges by as much as 10000$ Increase in post-operative stroke

Class I Preoperative or early postoperative administration of beta- blockers in patients without contraindications should be used as the standard therapy to reduce the incidence and/or clinical sequelae of atrial fibrillation after CABG. (Level of Evidence: B)

Currently, preoperative or early postoperative administration of beta- blockers is considered standard therapy to prevent atrial fibrillation after CABG except in patients with active bronchospasm or marked resting bradycardia.

Withdrawal of beta-blockers in the perioperative period doubles the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after CABG.

BETA-BLOCKERS IN CARDIAC SURGERY First drug choice in treatment of post CABG FA Reduction of hospital length of stay and cost

BETA-BLOCKERS IN CARDIAC SURGERY Could be useful to use beta-blockers for the first time in selected patients in the peri-operative period? How and When should we admnister, just before cardiac surgery, beta-blockers in patients already taking these drugs? What about non.cardiac surgery?

Timing of B blocker administration 2 weeks before 1 week before and 30 days after (POLDERMANS) 4 days before 1 day before 2 hours before, than for 5 days 2 hours before (3 studies) 30 minutes before, than for 72 h Just before surgery (7 studies) Just before, than for 5-11 days (3 studies) Before extubation Post surgery for 48 h Post surgery for 7 days (MANGANO) 1 h after surgery till hospital discharge

B blocker administration 7 Esmolol ug/kg/min or mg/kg ev or mg ev 6 Metoprolol2 or 4 mg ev or mg os 4 Atenolol5 mg ev or 50 mg os (MANGANO) 3 Labetalol5 or 10 mg ev or mg/kg ev or 100 mg os 1Oxprenolol20 mg os 1Timolol10 mg os 1Propranolol10 mg os 1Bisoprolol5 mg os (POLDERMANS)

Stabilizzazione della placca Migliora domanda/apporto di O2 Effetto antiaritmico Possibile effetto diretto su PTL (infiammazione) Diminuisce lo stress emodinamico Diminuisce lo stress di parete sistolico, la contrattilità e la frequenza cardiaca Aumenta la durata della diastole, migliora la distribuzione del flusso ematico miocardico Diminuiscono le aritmie ventricolari, aumenta la soglia della fibrillazione ventricolare EFFETTI BENEFICI DEI BETABLOCCANTI

TERAPIA FARMACOLOGICA BETA-BLOCCANTI TERAPEUTICO Controllo emodinamico PROFILATTICO Diminuzione di morbidità/ mortalità cardiaca perioperatoria Controllo Ipertensione/ tachicardia Trattamento aritmie Trattamento Ischemia miocardica Induzione di ipotensione UTILIZZO PERIOPERATORIO DEI BETABLOCCANTI

In this large North American observational analysis, preoperative beta-blocker therapy was associated with a small but consistent survival benefit for patients undergoing CABG, except among patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 30%. This analysis further suggests that preoperative beta-blocker therapy may be a useful process measure for CABG quality improvement assessment.

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unadjusted 30-day mortality, 2.8% vs 3.4%; odds ratio [OR], 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], Preoperative -blocker use remained associated with slightly lower mortality after adjusting for patient risk and center effects using both risk adjustment (OR, 0.94; 95% CI, ) and treatment propensity matching (OR, 0.97; 95% CI, )

Among patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 30%, however, preoperative -blocker therapy was associated with a trend toward a higher mortality rate (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, ; P=.23).

The absence of preoperative -blocker therapy (odds ratio 3.94; 95% confidence interval, ; p 0.03) and of an epidural catheter (odds ratio 3.91; 95% confidence interval, ; p 0.04) were the only preoperative and intraoperative variables independently associated with a prolonged intensive care unit stay

92 patients 1 hospital y 60% EF CABG

ESMOLOL Pharmacological properties Ultra short-acting beta-blocker Half-life 8 minutes Time to peak effect 6-10 minutes Wash-out time 20 minutes after stopping infusion Clerance: ester hydrolysis by erytrhrocitary estherase Administration: endovenous,loading dose followed by continous infusion

CLINICAL USE Hypertension Myocardial infarction Myocardial ischaemia Treatment of arrhytmias The first beta-blocker choice in emergency and in critical patients

SIDE EFFECTS Hypotension Bradycardia Low output cardiac syndrome Obstructive pulmonary disease

CARDIAC SURGERY Reduction of haemodynamic response to laringoscopy, intubation, extubation Treatment- prevention of arrhytmias post- CPB (atrial fibrillation,atrial flutter) Alternative to traditional cardioplegic solutions

META-ANALYSIS 23 studies 979 patients All mono-center studies Analysis with Review Manager 4.2 We tried to contact all the corresponding authors to know if they had new data

ISCHAEMIA Ischemia15/122 (12%) 36/140 (27%) 0.009

INOTROPIC DRUGS Inotropi29/153 (18%) 48/146 (32%) 0.002

Rapid injection of an esmolol bolus can quickly resolve the systolic anterior motion and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction if it is the result of haemodynamic factors, alleviating hyperdynamic left ventricular conditions and their contribution to dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and helping to identify the few patients who require immediate additional surgical intervention.

Esmolol to treat systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT) after mitral valve repair. Systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT) is common after mitral valve repair but only rarely necessitates immediate additional surgical intervention. The degree of systolic anterior motion extends along a continuous spectrum from minor chordal-only systolic anterior motion to its most severe form with permanent left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and moderate- severe mitral regurgitation. The management of systolic anterior motion in the operative room remains controversial

Administration of Esmolol during cardioplegia Reduction of oxydative damage Not increase of lactate concentrations Less ICAM-I expression Less expression of inducible NOS (associated to myocardial injury)

NEW RCT New large multicenter randomized trial Esmolol during extracorporeal circulation DTD>60 and FE< 50% patients Administration just before aortic clamping and with cardioplegia (1-2 mg/kg)

Reducing perioperative myocardial infarction with anesthetic drugs and techniques. Current Drug Targets 2009, in press

Volatile Anesthetics

Mortality 74/977=0.4% v 14/872=1.6% 7NNT=84 7RRR=(1,6-0,4)/1,6=75% 7OR: 0.31( ) 7P=0.02 Evidence!

724/979=2.4% v 45/874=5.1% 7NNT=37 7RRR: ( )/5.1 = 53% 7OR: 0.51( ) 7p=0.008 Myocardial infarction Evidence!

LEVOSIMENDAN VS CONTROL Mortality in cardiac surgery 711/235=4.7% v 26/205=12.7% 7P=0.007 Evidence!

LEVOSIMENDAN VS CONTROL Myocardial Infarction in cardiac surgery 72/183=1.1% v 9/153=5.9% 7P=0.04 Evidence!

CONCLUSION: Volatile agents and levosimendan consistently reduce perioperative myocardial infarction and mortality in cardiac surgery but they have not been properly studied in non-cardiac surgery.

CONCLUSIONS BETA-BLOCKERS Reduction of arrhythmias after cardiopulmonary bypass (FV) Reduction of ischemia Reduction ICU stay and time for mechanical ventilation Reduction of mortality at thirty days

“PERCHE’ NON SIAM POPOLO PERCHE’ SIAM DIVISI” MAMELI

ITACTA ONGOING RCTs TOPICSHOSPITALSPATIENTS GRANTS VOLATILE ANESTHETICS FENOLDOPAM DESMOPRESSIN ESMOLOL LEVOSIMENDAN VALVOLE PERCUTANEE AIFA MINISTRY

“. For patients with elevated biomarkers after CABG, it is it is particularly important that attention be given to optimal medical therapy, including the use of beta- blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, antiplatelet agents, and statins in eligible individuals”.

Class I Preoperative or early postoperative administration of beta- blockers in patients without contraindications should be used as the standard therapy to reduce the incidence and/or clinical sequelae of atrial fibrillation after CABG. (Level of Evidence: B)

Withdrawal of beta-blockers in the perioperative period doubles the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after CABG.

In this large North American observational analysis, preoperative beta-blocker therapy was associated with a small but consistent survival benefit for patients undergoing CABG, except among patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 30%. This analysis further suggests that preoperative beta-blocker therapy may be a useful process measure for CABG quality improvement assessment.

Administration of Esmolol during cardioplegia Reduction of oxydative damage Not increase of lactate concentrations Less ICAM-I expression Less expression of inducible NOS (associated to myocardial injury)

Reducing perioperative myocardial infarction with anesthetic drugs and techniques. Current Drug Targets 2009, in press

ITACTA ONGOING RCTs TOPICSHOSPITALSPATIENTS GRANTS VOLATILE ANESTHETICS FENOLDOPAM DESMOPRESSIN ESMOLOL LEVOSIMENDAN VALVOLE PERCUTANEE AIFA MINISTRY

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