Abstract:Objective To investigate the influence of Sevoflurane on perioperative hemodynamics and myocardium in elderly patients with coronary heart disease undergoing noncardiac surgery. Methods One hundred elderly patients with coronary heart disease who received elective laparoscopic surgery were randomly assigned to Sevoflurane group (group S) and Propofol group (group P), each group had 50 patients. Bispectral index (BIS) was used to monitor the depth of sedation in the intraoperative period. Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP),cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI), systemic vascular resistance (SVR), left cardiac work (LCW) were recorded before induction of anesthesia (Ta0), before intubation (Ta1), 1 min after intubation (Ta2), at the start of surgery (Ta3), before extubation (Ta4) and 5 min after extubation (Ta5). Central venous blood was drawn 5 min before induction of anesthesia (Tb0), at the end of surgery (Tb1), 12 h (Tb2), 24 h (Tb3) and 48 h (Tb4) after suegery for measurements of troponin I (cTnI) and creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB). Intraoperative dosage of Remifentanil and postoperative visual simulation score (VAS) were compared between the two groups. Results HR, MAP, SVR and LCW at Ta1 and Ta3 were lower than those at Ta0 in both groups (P < 0.05). In the group P, CO at Ta3 and CI at Ta2 and Ta3 were lower than those at Ta0 (P < 0.05). HR at Ta1 and MAP at Ta2 in the group S were lower than those in the group P (P < 0.05). CI at Ta2 and Ta3 in the group S were higher than those in the group P (P < 0.05). cTnI and CK-MB levels in postoperative period were significantly increased compared with Tb0 values in both groups. However, the level of CK-MB reached the peak at Tb3, descended at Tb4, whereas the level at Tb4 was still higher than that at Tb0 (P < 0.05). Compared with the group P, cTnI and CK-MB at Tb2, Tb3 and Tb4 were significantly lower in the group S (P < 0.05). The intraoperative dosage of Remifentanil in the group S was obviously lower than that in the group P (P < 0.05). But the postoperative VAS in the two groups had no significant difference (P > 0.05). Conclusions Sevoflurane anesthesia has slight effect on the hemodynamic factors, can reduce surgical stress and perioperative myocardial injury, has better myocardial protection in elderly patients with coronary heart disease undergoing noncardiac surgery. We suggest the widespread usage of it in clinic.