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Muscle pump-dependent self-perfusion mechanism in legs in normal subjects and patients with heart failure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11896033     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Leg venous pressure markedly falls during upright exercise via a muscle pump effect, creating de novo perfusion pressure. We examined physiological roles of this mechanism in increasing femoral artery blood flow (FABF) and its alterations in chronic heart failure (CHF). In 10 normal subjects and 10 patients with CHF, standard hemodynamic variables, mean ankle vein pressure (MAVP), and FABF with Doppler techniques were obtained during graded upright bicycle exercise. To evaluate a nonspecific blood flow response, normal subjects also performed supine exercise. In normal subjects, MAVP rapidly declined by 45 mmHg and FABF correspondingly increased 5.3-fold without a systemic pressor response during 10 s of light upright exercise at 5 W. Approximately 67% of the blood flow response was attributed to the venous pressure drop-dependent mechanism. In CHF patients, MAVP declined by only 36 mmHg and FABF increased only 1.7-fold during the same upright exercise. The muscle venous pump has an ability to increase FABF at least threefold via the venous pressure drop-dependent mechanism. This mechanism is impaired in CHF patients.
Authors:
Issei Shiotani; Hideyuki Sato; Hiroshi Sato; Hiroshi Yokoyama; Yozo Ohnishi; Eiji Hishida; Kunihiro Kinjo; Daisaku Nakatani; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  92     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2002 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-03-15     Completed Date:  2002-07-08     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1647-54     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Ankle / blood supply,  physiology
Femoral Artery / physiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply*,  physiology*
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Physical Exertion / physiology
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Veins / physiology

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