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Skeletal muscle microcirculatory abnormalities are associated with exercise intolerance, ventilatory inefficiency, and impaired autonomic control in heart failure
Authors
C. Manetos Dimopoulos, S. Tzanis, G. Vakrou, S. Tasoulis, A. Kapelios, C. Agapitou, V. Ntalianis, A. Terrovitis, J. Nanas, S.
Publication date
1 January 2011
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Abstract
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 mildmoderate 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 2peak, ml/kg/min) and anaerobic threshold (VO 2AT, 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 2peak (p < 0.001), VO 2AT (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 2peak, 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. © 2011 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. All rights reserved
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