BACKGROUND: Current research highlights the role of microcirculatory disorders in post-cardiac arrest patients. Affected microcirculation shows not only dissociation from systemic hemodynamics but also strong connection to outcome of these patients. However, only few studies evaluated microcirculation directly during cardiac arrest (CA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The aim of our experimental study in a porcine model was to describe sublingual microcirculatory changes during CA and CPR using recent videomicroscopic technology and provide a comparison to parameters of global hemodynamics. METHODS: Cardiac arrest was induced in 18 female pigs (50 ± 3 kg). After 3 min without treatment, 5 min of mechanical CPR followed. Continuous hemodynamic monitoring including systemic blood pressure and carotid blood flow was performed and blood lactate was measured at the end of baseline and CPR. Sublingual microcirculation was assessed by the Sidestream Dark Field (SDF) technology during baseline, CA and CPR. Following microcirculatory parameters were assessed off-line separately for capillaries (≤20 µm) and other vessels: total and perfused vessel density (TVD, PVD), proportion of perfused vessels (PPV), microvascular flow index (MFI) and heterogeneity index (HI). RESULTS: In comparison to baseline the CA small vessel microcirculation was only partially preserved: TVD 15.64 (13.59-18.48) significantly decreased to 12.51 (10.57-13.98) mm/mm(2), PVD 15.57 (13.56-17.80) to 5.53 (4.17-6.60) mm/mm(2), PPV 99.64 (98.05-100.00) to 38.97 (27.60-46.29) %, MFI 3.00 (3.00-3.08) to 1.29 (1.08-1.58) and HI increased from 0.08 (0.00-0.23) to 1.5 (0.71-2.00), p = 0.0003 for TVD and <0.0001 for others, respectively. Microcirculation during ongoing CPR in small vessels reached 59-85 % of the baseline values: TVD 13.33 (12.11-15.11) mm/mm(2), PVD 9.34 (7.34-11.52) mm/mm(2), PPV 72.34 (54.31-87.87) %, MFI 2.04 (1.58-2.42), HI 0.65 (0.41-1.07). The correlation between microcirculation and global hemodynamic parameters as well as to lactate was only weak to moderate (i.e. Spearman's ρ 0.02-0.51) and after adjustment for multiple correlations it was non-significant. CONCLUSIONS: Sublingual microcirculatory parameters did not correlate with global hemodynamic parameters during simulated porcine model of CA and CPR. SDF imaging provides additional information about tissue perfusion in the course of CPR.

1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Katerinska 1660 32 121 08 Prague 2 Czech Republic

2nd Department of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague and General University Hospital Prague U Nemocnice 2 128 00 Prague 2 Czech Republic

Czech Institute of Informatics Robotics and Cybernetics Czech Technical University Prague Zikova 1903 4 166 36 Prague 6 Czech Republic

Department of Cardiology Na Homolce Hospital Roentgenova 2 150 30 Prague 5 Czech Republic

Department of Neonatology Krajska nemocnice Liberec a s Husova 357 10 460 63 Liberec Czech Republic

Department of Neonatology with NICU University Hospital in Motol 5 Uvalu 84 150 06 Prague 5 Czech Republic

Institute of Physiology 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Albertov 5 128 00 Prague 2 Czech Republic

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