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Levine BD, Nicol ED, Davos CH. Space: The Final Frontier? Eur J Prev Cardiol 2022; 29:1396-1398. [PMID: 35711101 DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin D Levine
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Wright SP, Dawkins TG, Eves ND, Shave R, Tedford RJ, Mak S. Hemodynamic function of the right ventricular-pulmonary vascular-left atrial unit: normal responses to exercise in healthy adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 320:H923-H941. [PMID: 33356960 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00720.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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With each heartbeat, the right ventricle (RV) inputs blood into the pulmonary vascular (PV) compartment, which conducts blood through the lungs at low pressure and concurrently fills the left atrium (LA) for output to the systemic circulation. This overall hemodynamic function of the integrated RV-PV-LA unit is determined by complex interactions between the components that vary over the cardiac cycle but are often assessed in terms of mean pressure and flow. Exercise challenges these hemodynamic interactions as cardiac filling increases, stroke volume augments, and cycle length decreases, with PV pressures ultimately increasing in association with cardiac output. Recent cardiopulmonary exercise hemodynamic studies have enriched the available data from healthy adults, yielded insight into the underlying mechanisms that modify the PV pressure-flow relationship, and better delineated the normal limits of healthy responses to exercise. This review will examine hemodynamic function of the RV-PV-LA unit using the two-element Windkessel model for the pulmonary circulation. It will focus on acute PV and LA responses that accommodate increased RV output during exercise, including PV recruitment and distension and LA reservoir expansion, and the integrated mean pressure-flow response to exercise in healthy adults. Finally, it will consider how these responses may be impacted by age-related remodeling and modified by sex-related cardiopulmonary differences. Studying the determinants and recognizing the normal limits of PV pressure-flow relations during exercise will improve our understanding of cardiopulmonary mechanisms that facilitate or limit exercise.
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- S P Wright
- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Borlaug BA, Reddy YNV. The Role of the Pericardium in Heart Failure: Implications for Pathophysiology and Treatment. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2020; 7:574-585. [PMID: 31248569 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The elastic pericardium exerts a compressive contact force on the surface of the myocardium that becomes more substantial when heart volume increases, as in patients with various forms of heart failure (HF). Pericardial restraint plays an important role in determining hemodynamics and ventricular function in both health and disease. This review discusses the physiology of pericardial restraint in HF and explores the question of whether it can be targeted indirectly through medical interventions or directly through a number of existing and future therapies.
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- Barry A Borlaug
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Samuel TJ, Beaudry R, Sarma S, Zaha V, Haykowsky MJ, Nelson MD. Diastolic Stress Testing Along the Heart Failure Continuum. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2019; 15:332-339. [PMID: 30171472 DOI: 10.1007/s11897-018-0409-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes recent developments highlighting the clinical utility of diastolic stress testing along the heart failure continuum. RECENT FINDINGS Invasive hemodynamic assessment of cardiac filling pressures during physiological stress is the gold-standard technique for unmasking diastolic dysfunction. Non-invasive surrogate techniques, such as Doppler ultrasound, have shown excellent agreement with invasive approaches and are now recommended by the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. While cycle exercise is often advocated, recent evidence supports the use of isometric handgrip as a viable alternative stressor. Diastolic stress testing is a powerful tool to enhance detection of diastolic dysfunction, is able to differentiate between cardiac and non-cardiac pathology, and should be incorporated into routine clinical assessment.
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- T Jake Samuel
- The University of Texas at Arlington, Engineering Research Building 453, 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- The University of Texas at Arlington, Engineering Research Building 453, 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Institute of Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Arlington, Engineering Research Building 453, 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- The University of Texas at Arlington, Engineering Research Building 453, 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.
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Yang JH, Miranda WR, Borlaug BA, Nishimura RA, Schaff HV, Greason KL, Maleszewski JJ, Oh JK. Right Atrial/Pulmonary Arterial Wedge Pressure Ratio in Primary and Mixed Constrictive Pericarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 73:3312-3321. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hauton D, Ray CJ. Caffeine, gravity, and baroreceptor function: the integration of diet and cardiovascular control. ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION 2018; 42:454-461. [PMID: 29972055 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00003.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We describe a simple, cost-effective experiment to demonstrate cardiovascular integration of heart rate and blood pressure to accommodate the environmental and dietary factors of gravity and caffeine. Specific learning objectives associated with this include understanding the effects of posture on blood pressure and heart rate, coupled with the role of caffeine in modifying this response. Inclusion of ECG measurements, coupled with heart rate variability analysis, added a demonstration of the contribution made by the autonomic nervous system under these conditions. We clearly demonstrate that the cardiac work, estimated as rate-pressure product, necessary to undertake the transition from supine to standing, is fixed for a given group of subjects. However, the individual contribution of heart rate and systolic pressure to the cardiac workload is subject to the external factors of gravity and caffeine. Such an activity also demonstrates additional benefits, including unstructured teaching opportunities to augment classroom learning associated with integrative physiology and also the discussion of ethical issues with regard to human experimentation.
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- David Hauton
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford , Oxford , United Kingdom
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford , United Kingdom
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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Hieda M, Howden E, Shibata S, Tarumi T, Lawley J, Hearon, C, Palmer D, Fu Q, Zhang R, Sarma S, Levine BD. Preload-corrected dynamic Starling mechanism in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 124:76-82. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00718.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The beat-to-beat dynamic Starling mechanism (DSM), the dynamic modulation of stroke volume (SV) because of breath-by-breath changes in left-ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), reflects ventricular-arterial coupling. The purpose of this study was to test whether the LVEDP-SV relationship remained impaired in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients after normalization of LVEDP. Right heart catheterization and model-flow analysis of the arterial pressure waveform were performed while preload was manipulated using lower-body negative pressure to alter LVEDP. The DSM was compared at similar levels of LVEDP between HFpEF patients ( n = 10) and age-matched healthy controls ( n = 12) (HFpEF vs. controls: 10.9 ± 3.8 vs. 11.2 ± 1.3 mmHg, P = 1.00). Transfer function analysis between diastolic pulmonary artery pressure (PAD) representing dynamic changes in LVEDP vs. SV index was applied to obtain gain and coherence of the DSM. The DSM gain was significantly lower in HFpEF patients than in the controls, even at a similar level of LVEDP (0.46 ± 0.19 vs. 0.99 ± 0.39 ml·m−2·mmHg−1, P = 0.0018). Moreover, the power spectral density of PAD, the input variability, was greater in the HFpEF group than the controls (0.75 ± 0.38 vs. 0.28 ± 0.26 mmHg2, P = 0.01). Conversely, the power spectral density of SV index, the output variability, was not different between the groups ( P = 0.97). There was no difference in the coherence, which confirms the reliability of the linear transfer function between the two groups (0.71 ± 0.13 vs. 0.77 ± 0.19, P = 0.87). The DSM gain in HFpEF patients is impaired compared with age-matched controls even at a similar level of LVEDP, which may reflect intrinsic LV diastolic dysfunction and incompetence of ventricular-arterial coupling. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The beat-to-beat dynamic Starling mechanism (DSM), the dynamic modulation of stroke volume because of breath-by-breath changes in left-ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), reflects ventricular-arterial coupling. Although the DSM gain is impaired in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients, it is not clear whether this is because of higher LVEDP or left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction. The DSM gain in HFpEF patients is severely impaired, even at a similar level of LVEDP, which may reflect intrinsic left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction.
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- Michinari Hieda
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Eijsvogels TMH, Fernandez AB, Thompson PD. Are There Deleterious Cardiac Effects of Acute and Chronic Endurance Exercise? Physiol Rev 2016; 96:99-125. [PMID: 26607287 PMCID: PMC4698394 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00029.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Multiple epidemiological studies document that habitual physical activity reduces the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and most demonstrate progressively lower rates of ASCVD with progressively more physical activity. Few studies have included individuals performing high-intensity, lifelong endurance exercise, however, and recent reports suggest that prodigious amounts of exercise may increase markers for, and even the incidence of, cardiovascular disease. This review examines the evidence that extremes of endurance exercise may increase cardiovascular disease risk by reviewing the causes and incidence of exercise-related cardiac events, and the acute effects of exercise on cardiovascular function, the effect of exercise on cardiac biomarkers, including "myocardial" creatine kinase, cardiac troponins, and cardiac natriuretic peptides. This review also examines the effect of exercise on coronary atherosclerosis and calcification, the frequency of atrial fibrillation in aging athletes, and the possibility that exercise may be deleterious in individuals genetically predisposed to such cardiac abnormalities as long QT syndrome, right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This review is to our knowledge unique because it addresses all known potentially adverse cardiovascular effects of endurance exercise. The best evidence remains that physical activity and exercise training benefit the population, but it is possible that prolonged exercise and exercise training can adversely affect cardiac function in some individuals. This hypothesis warrants further examination.
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- Thijs M H Eijsvogels
- Department of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; and Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; and Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; and Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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BACKGROUND Patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) frequently present with exertional fatigue and dyspnea, but the hemodynamic basis for exercise limitation in people with TR remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Twelve subjects with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and grade ≥3 TR underwent high-fidelity invasive hemodynamic exercise testing with simultaneous expired gas analysis and were compared with 13 age- and sex-matched controls. At rest, TR subjects had lower pulmonary blood flow (3.6±0.4 versus 5.1±1.9 L/min; P=0.01), increased right atrial pressure (12±5 versus 4±1 mm Hg; P=0.0002), and higher pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (17±5 versus 9±3 mm Hg; P=0.0001). However, LV transmural pressure (pulmonary capillary wedge pressure-right atrial pressure), which reflects LV preload independent of right heart congestion and pericardial restraint, was similar in TR and controls (6±3 versus 4±2 mm Hg; P=0.3). With exercise, TR subjects displayed lower peak VO2 (10.3±2.8 versus 13.8±4.2 mL/min per kg; P=0.02), lower pulmonary blood flow (6.4±1.3 versus 10.3±3.3 L/min; P=0.001), and less increase in pulmonary blood flow relative to VO2 (+4.6±1.1vs +6.2±0.7; P=0.001). TR subjects displayed higher pulmonary capillary wedge pressure with exercise, but this was solely because of RA hypertension (27±9 versus 8±3 mm Hg; P<0.0001), because LV transmural pressure dropped with exercise in subjects with TR (-5±6 versus +3±3 mm Hg; P=0.0007), suggesting inadequate LV diastolic filling, despite high pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. CONCLUSIONS Impaired exercise capacity in people with severe TR is related to low cardiac output reserve relative to metabolic needs, coupled with elevated systemic and pulmonary venous pressures. Left heart pressures are elevated with exercise in subjects with TR, despite low LV preload, secondary to enhanced ventricular interaction.
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- Mads J Andersen
- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (M.J.A., R.A.N., B.A.B.); and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (M.J.A.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (M.J.A., R.A.N., B.A.B.); and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (M.J.A.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (M.J.A., R.A.N., B.A.B.); and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (M.J.A.).
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Sundblad P, Spaak J, Kaijser L. Time courses of central hemodynamics during rapid changes in posture. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2014; 116:1182-8. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00690.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Changes in posture cause blood volume redistribution, affecting cardiac filling and stroke volume (SV). We hypothesized that the time courses of ventricular filling would differ between the right and left ventricle during a rapid (2 s) tilt and that changes in right ventricular filling pressure would be more swift because of the direct coupling to the systemic circulation. We further hypothesized that the transient imbalance between right and left ventricular filling pressure would influence left ventricular SV changes. Right atrial pressure (RAP), pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), left ventricular stroke volume, heart rate, and arterial pressure were recorded beat-by-beat during rapid tilts from supine to upright positions and back again, during rest and dynamic 100-W leg exercise. RAP changes had a faster time course than PCWP during down-tilts, both during rest and exercise (1 ± 1 vs. 6 ± 2 s and 2 ± 2 vs. 6 ± 2 s, respectively; P < 0.05). This discrepancy caused a transient decrease in the end-diastolic pressure difference between the right and left ventricle. The decreased pressure difference in diastole impeded left ventricular filling because of ventricular interdependence, causing SV to fall transiently. The mechanisms of ventricular interdependence were also involved in reverse during up-tilt, where SV was maintained for 2–3 s despite falling PCWP. Furthermore, the decrease in RAP during up-tilt in the resting condition was biphasic with an initial fast and a second slower component, which might suggest the effect of venous valves. This was not seen during dynamic leg exercise where blood pooling is prevented by the venous muscle pump.
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- Patrik Sundblad
- Section of Environmental Physiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Section of Environmental Physiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; and
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- Section of Clinical Physiology, Department of Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Munch GDW, Svendsen JH, Damsgaard R, Secher NH, González-Alonso J, Mortensen SP. Maximal heart rate does not limit cardiovascular capacity in healthy humans: insight from right atrial pacing during maximal exercise. J Physiol 2013; 592:377-90. [PMID: 24190933 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.262246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In humans, maximal aerobic power (VO2 max ) is associated with a plateau in cardiac output (Q), but the mechanisms regulating the interplay between maximal heart rate (HRmax) and stroke volume (SV) are unclear. To evaluate the effect of tachycardia and elevations in HRmax on cardiovascular function and capacity during maximal exercise in healthy humans, 12 young male cyclists performed incremental cycling and one-legged knee-extensor exercise (KEE) to exhaustion with and without right atrial pacing to increase HR. During control cycling, Q and leg blood flow increased up to 85% of maximal workload (WLmax) and remained unchanged until exhaustion. SV initially increased, plateaued and then decreased before exhaustion (P < 0.05) despite an increase in right atrial pressure (RAP) and a tendency (P = 0.056) for a reduction in left ventricular transmural filling pressure (LVFP). Atrial pacing increased HRmax from 184 ± 2 to 206 ± 3 beats min(-1) (P < 0.05), but Q remained similar to the control condition at all intensities because of a lower SV and LVFP (P < 0.05). No differences in arterial pressure, peripheral haemodynamics, catecholamines or VO2 were observed, but pacing increased the rate pressure product and RAP (P < 0.05). Atrial pacing had a similar effect on haemodynamics during KEE, except that pacing decreased RAP. In conclusion, the human heart can be paced to a higher HR than observed during maximal exercise, suggesting that HRmax and myocardial work capacity do not limit VO2 max in healthy individuals. A limited left ventricular filling and possibly altered contractility reduce SV during atrial pacing, whereas a plateau in LVFP appears to restrict Q close to VO2 max .
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- G D W Munch
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Section 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Siebenmann C, Hug M, Keiser S, Müller A, van Lieshout J, Rasmussen P, Lundby C. Hypovolemia explains the reduced stroke volume at altitude. Physiol Rep 2013; 1:e00094. [PMID: 24303166 PMCID: PMC3841030 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 08/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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During acute altitude exposure tachycardia increases cardiac output (Q) thus preserving systemic O2 delivery. Within days of acclimatization, however, Q normalizes following an unexplained reduction in stroke volume (SV). To investigate whether the altitude-mediated reduction in plasma volume (PV) and hence central blood volume (CBV) is the underlying mechanism we increased/decreased CBV by means of passive whole body head-down (HDT) and head-up (HUT) tilting in seven lowlanders at sea level (SL) and after 25/26 days of residence at 3454 m. Prior to the experiment on day 26, PV was normalized by infusions of a PV expander. Cardiovascular responses to whole body tilting were monitored by pulse contour analysis. After 25/26 days at 3454 m PV and blood volume decreased by 9 ± 4% and 6 ± 2%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). SV was reduced compared to SL for each HUT angle (P < 0.0005). However, the expected increase in SV from HUT to HDT persisted and ended in the same plateau as at SL, albeit this was shifted 18 ± 20° toward HDT (P = 0.019). PV expansion restored SV to SL during HUT and to an ∼8% higher level during HDT (P = 0.003). The parallel increase in SV from HUT to HDT at altitude and SL to a similar plateau demonstrates an unchanged dependence of SV on CBV, indicating that the reduced SV during HUT was related to an attenuated CBV for a given tilt angle. Restoration of SV by PV expansion rules out a significant contribution of other mechanisms, supporting that resting SV at altitude becomes reduced due to a hypovolemia.
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- Christoph Siebenmann
- Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
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Hamilton DR, Sargsyan AE, Garcia K, Ebert DJ, Whitson PA, Feiveson AH, Alferova IV, Dulchavsky SA, Matveev VP, Bogomolov VV, Duncan JM. Cardiac and vascular responses to thigh cuffs and respiratory maneuvers on crewmembers of the International Space Station. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 112:454-62. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00557.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background: the transition to microgravity eliminates the hydrostatic gradients in the vascular system. The resulting fluid redistribution commonly manifests as facial edema, engorgement of the external neck veins, nasal congestion, and headache. This experiment examined the responses to modified Valsalva and Mueller maneuvers measured by cardiac and vascular ultrasound (ECHO) in a baseline steady state and under the influence of thigh occlusion cuffs available as a countermeasure device (Braslet cuffs). Methods: nine International Space Station crewmember subjects (expeditions 16–20) were examined in 15 experiment sessions 101 ± 46 days after launch (mean ± SD; 33–185). Twenty-seven cardiac and vascular parameters were obtained with/without respiratory maneuvers before and after tightening of the Braslet cuffs (162 parameter states/session). Quality of cardiac and vascular ultrasound examinations was assured through remote monitoring and guidance by investigators from the NASA Telescience Center in Houston, TX, and the Mission Control Center in Korolyov, Moscow region, Russia. Results: 14 of 81 conditions (27 parameters measured at baseline, Valsalva, and Mueller maneuver) were significantly different when the Braslet was applied. Seven of 27 parameters were found to respond differently to respiratory maneuvers depending on the presence or absence of thigh compression. Conclusions: acute application of Braslet occlusion cuffs causes lower extremity fluid sequestration and exerts commensurate measurable effects on cardiac performance in microgravity. Ultrasound techniques to measure the hemodynamic effects of thigh cuffs in combination with respiratory maneuvers may serve as an effective tool in determining the volume status of a cardiac or hemodynamically compromised patient at the “microgravity bedside.”
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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