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Respiratory muscle work influences locomotor convective and diffusive oxygen transport in human heart failure during exercise
- Source :
- Physiological Reports, Vol 8, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Abstract Introduction It remains unclear if naturally occurring respiratory muscle (RM) work influences leg diffusive O2 transport during exercise in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In this retrospective study, we hypothesized that RM unloading during submaximal exercise will lead to increases in locomotor muscle O2 diffusion capacity (DMO2) contributing to the greater leg VO2. Methods Ten HFrEF patients and 10 healthy control matched participants performed two submaximal exercise bouts (i.e., with and without RM unloading). During exercise, leg blood flow was measured via constant infusion thermodilution. Intrathoracic pressure was measured via esophageal balloon. Radial arterial and femoral venous blood gases were measured and used to calculate leg arterial and venous content (CaO2 and CvO2, respectively), VO2, O2 delivery, and DMO2. Results From CTL to RM unloading, leg VO2, O2 delivery, and DMO2 were not different in healthy participants during submaximal exercise (all, p > .15). In HFrEF, leg VO2 (CTL: 0.7 ± 0.3 vs. RM unloading: 1.0 ± 0.4 L/min, p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2051817X
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Physiological Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2aa941d20d645c6aabf9278fff08dcf
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14484