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Arterial pulsatile hemodynamic load induced by isometric exercise strongly predicts left ventricular mass in hypertension.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19966060     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although resting hemodynamic load has been extensively investigated as a determinant of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, little is known about the relationship between provoked hemodynamic load and the risk of LV hypertrophy. We studied central pressure-flow relations among 40 hypertensive and 19 normotensive adults using carotid applanation tonometry and Doppler echocardiography at rest and during a 40% maximal voluntary forearm contraction (handgrip) maneuver. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) was measured at rest. Hypertensive subjects demonstrated various abnormalities in resting and induced pulsatile load. Isometric exercise significantly increased systemic vascular resistance, aortic characteristic impedance (Zc), induced earlier wave reflections, increased augmentation index, and decreased total arterial compliance (TAC; all P < or = 0.01). In hypertensive subjects, CF-PWV was the strongest resting predictor of LV mass index (LVMI) and remained an independent predictor after adjustment for age, gender, systemic vascular resistance, reflection magnitude, aortic Zc, and TAC (beta = 2.52 m/s; P < 0.0001). Age, sex, CF-PWV, and resting hemodynamic indexes explained 48% of the interindividual variability in LVMI. In stepwise regression, TAC (beta = -17.85; P < 0.0001) during handgrip, Zc during handgrip (beta = -150; P < 0.0001), and the change in the timing of wave reflections during handgrip (beta = -0.63; P = 0.03) were independent predictors of LVMI. A model that included indexes of provoked hemodynamic load explained 68% of the interindividual variability in LVMI. Hemodynamic load provoked by isometric exercise strongly predicts LVMI in hypertension. The magnitude of this association is far greater than for resting hemodynamic load, suggesting that provoked testing captures important arterial properties that are not apparent at rest and is advantageous to assess dynamic arterial load in hypertension.
Authors:
Julio A Chirinos; Patrick Segers; Amresh Raina; Hassam Saif; Abigail Swillens; Amit K Gupta; Raymond Townsend; Anthony G Emmi; James N Kirkpatrick; Martin G Keane; Victor A Ferrari; Susan E Wiegers; Martin G St John Sutton
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-12-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology     Volume:  298     ISSN:  1522-1539     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-21     Completed Date:  2010-02-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100901228     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  H320-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Julio.chirinos@uphs.upenn.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Cardiac Output / physiology
Carotid Arteries / physiopathology*
Case-Control Studies
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Exercise / physiology*
Fatigue / physiopathology
Female
Hand Strength / physiology
Heart Rate / physiology
Heart Ventricles / pathology,  physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension / complications*,  physiopathology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / pathology,  physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Stroke Volume / physiology

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