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  • Title: Intrathecal fentanyl blockade of afferent neural feedback from skeletal muscle during exercise in heart failure patients: Influence on circulatory power and pulmonary vascular capacitance.
    Author: Van Iterson EH, Snyder EM, Joyner MJ, Johnson BD, Olson TP.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 2015 Dec 15; 201():384-93. PubMed ID: 26310984.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Secondary pulmonary hypertension is common in heart failure (HF) patients. We hypothesized that inhibition of feedback from locomotor muscle group III/IV neurons contributes to reduced pulmonary vascular pressures independent of changes in cardiac function during exercise in HF. METHODS: 9 HF patients (ages, 60 ± 2; EF, 26.7 ± 1.9%; New York Heart Association classes, I-III) and 9 age/gender matched controls (ages, 63 ± 2) completed five-minutes of constant-load cycling (65% Workloadpeak) with intrathecal fentanyl or placebo on randomized separate days. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), end-tidal partial pressure of CO2 (PETCO2), and oxygen consumption (VO2) were measured at rest and exercise. Non-invasive surrogates for cardiac power (circulatory power, CircP=VO2 × MAP), stroke volume (oxygen pulse, O2pulse=VO2/HR), and pulmonary arterial pressure (GXCAP=O2pulse × PETCO2) were calculated. RESULTS: At rest and end-exercise, differences between fentanyl versus placebo were not significant for CircP in HF or controls. Differences between fentanyl versus placebo for GXCAP were not significant at rest in HF or controls. At end-exercise, GXCAP was significantly higher with fentanyl versus placebo in HF (691 ± 59 versus 549 ± 38 mL/beat × mmHg), but not controls (536 ± 59 versus 474 ± 43 mL/beat × mmHg). Slopes (rest to end-exercise) for GXCAP were significantly higher with fentanyl versus placebo in HF (95.1 ± 9.8 versus 71.6 ± 6.0 mL/beat × mmHg), but not controls (74.3 ± 9.5 versus 60.8 ± 6.5 mL/beat × mmHg). CircP slopes did not differ between fentanyl versus placebo in HF or controls (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: We conclude that feedback from locomotor muscle group III/IV neurons may evoke increases in pulmonary vascular pressures independent of changes in cardiac function during exercise in HF.
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