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  • Title: Role of the Frank-Starling mechanism in maintaining cardiac output during increasing levels of treadmill exercise in beta-blocked normal men.
    Author: Bevilacqua M, Savonitto S, Bosisio E, Chebat E, Bertora PL, Sardina M, Norbiato G.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1989 Apr 01; 63(12):853-7. PubMed ID: 2564724.
    Abstract:
    To determine the effects of beta blockade on hemodynamics during increasing levels of treadmill exercise, 10 healthy volunteers were studied after 1 week of placebo, and then after 1 week of treatment with oral propranolol, 80 mg twice daily, or dilevalol, 400 mg once daily. The study was randomized and double-blind, with a crossover sequence. Hemodynamics were measured by CO2 rebreathing at rest and at 25, 50, 75 and 100% of VO2 max. After placebo, cardiac output increased from 5.8 +/- 2.1 (rest), to 19.4 +/- 6.4 liters/min (100% VO2 max), mainly due to an increase in heart rate from 84 +/- 6 to 169 +/- 15 beats/min. Stroke volume increased from 70 +/- 27 (rest), to 137 +/- 65 ml (25% VO2 max), and then leveled off to 116 +/- 41 at 100% VO2 max. After both beta blockers, exercise cardiac output was maintained at 100% VO2 max: 20.1 +/- 9.3 liters/min with propranolol and 19.1 +/- 8.6 with dilevalol. However, a significant reduction versus placebo values was observed for cardiac output at 25% VO2 max, from 13.7 +/- 5.9 during placebo, to 9.4 +/- 2.5 during propranolol, and to 9.6 +/- 2.3 during dilevalol (both p less than 0.01 vs placebo). Maintenance of cardiac output with both beta blockers at higher levels of exercise came from an increased stroke volume (p less than 0.05 vs placebo), while heart rate (in beats/min) was greatly reduced (propranolol 61.6 +/- 9.4 rest, 90.1 +/- 10.7 at 100% VO2 max; dilevalol 70.8 +/- 6.4 rest, 99.2 +/- 11.8 at 100% VO2 max, p less than 0.01 vs placebo for each).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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