| Skeletal muscle microcirculatory abnormalities are associated with exercise intolerance, ventilatory inefficiency, and impaired autonomic control in heart failure. | |
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PMID: 21982360 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Several skeletal muscle abnormalities have been identified in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), including endothelial dysfunction. We hypothesized that skeletal muscle microcirculation, assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), is impaired in CHF patients and is associated with disease severity. METHODS: Eighty-three stable patients with mild-moderate CHF (72 males, mean age 54 ± 14 years, body mass index 26.7 ± 3.4 kg/m(2)) and 8 healthy subjects, matched for age, gender and body mass index, underwent NIRS with the vascular occlusion technique and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) evaluation on the same day. Tissue oxygen saturation (StO(2), %), defined as the percentage of hemoglobin saturation in the microvasculature compartments, was measured in the thenar muscle by NIRS before, during and after 3-minute occlusion of the brachial artery. Measurements included StO(2), oxygen consumption rate (OCR, %/min) and reperfusion rate (RR, %/min). All subjects underwent a symptom-limited CPET on a cycle ergometer. Measurements included VO(2) at peak exercise (VO(2)peak, ml/kg/min) and anaerobic threshold (VO(2)AT, ml/kg/min), VE/VCO(2) slope, chronotropic reserve (CR, %) and heart rate recovery (HRR(1), bpm). RESULTS: CHF patients had significantly lower StO(2) (75 ± 8.2 vs 80.3 ± 6, p < 0.05), lower OCR (32.3 ± 10.4 vs 37.7 ± 5.5, p < 0.05) and lower RR (10 ± 2.8 vs 15.7 ± 6.3, p < 0.05) compared with healthy controls. CHF patients with RR ≥9.5 had a significantly greater VO(2)peak (p < 0.001), VO(2)AT (p < 0.01), CR (p = 0.01) and HRR(1) (p = 0.01), and lower VE/VCO(2) slope (p = 0.001), compared to those with RR <9.5. In a multivariate analysis, RR was identified as an independent predictor of VO(2)peak, VE/VCO(2) slope and HRR(1). CONCLUSIONS: Peripheral muscle microcirculation, as assessed by NIRS, is significantly impaired in CHF patients and is associated with disease severity. |
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Christos Manetos; Stavros Dimopoulos; Georgios Tzanis; Stella Vakrou; Athanasios Tasoulis; Chris Kapelios; Varvara Agapitou; Argirios Ntalianis; John Terrovitis; Serafim Nanas |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-7 |
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Title: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation Volume: - ISSN: 1557-3117 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102703 Medline TA: J Heart Lung Transplant Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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First Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, "Evgenidio" Hospital, Athens, Greece. |
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