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Purpose <p>Recent studies have reported blunted increases in blood pressure (BP) during static handgrip (SHG) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which may be attributed to abnormal sympathetic reactivity during exercise and/or impaired muscle metaboreflex function. However, it is unknown whether the sympathetic neural response to SHG and isolated muscle metaboreflex activation via post-exercise circulatory occlusion (PECO) are attenuated in HFpEF.</p> Methods <p>Thirty-nine patients with HFpEF and 24 age-matched non-HFpEF controls were studied in the supine position. BP, heart rate (HR), and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were measured during SHG at 40% of maximal voluntary contraction until fatigue followed by 2-min PECO.</p> Results <p>Resting mean arterial pressure (MAP) was lower and peak increase (Δ) in MAP was smaller in patients with HFpEF than in controls during SHG (Δ23 ± 15 [standard deviation] vs. Δ34 ± 15&#xa0;mmHg; <i>P</i> = 0.007) and PECO (Δ15 ± 11 vs. Δ19 ± 9&#xa0;mmHg; <i>P</i> = 0.047). HR was greater in patients at rest but did not differ between the two groups at peak SHG. Patients had higher resting MSNA burst frequency than controls (37 ± 14 vs. 27 ± 13 bursts/min; <i>P</i> = 0.031); however, burst incidence was not different between the groups (<i>P</i> = 0.226). There were no differences in MSNA responses to SHG (Δ19 ± 15 vs. Δ18 ± 10 bursts/min at peak; <i>P</i> = 0.841) or PECO (Δ3 ± 12 vs. Δ5 ± 7 bursts/min; <i>P</i> = 0.495) between groups.</p> Conclusion <p>The patients with HFpEF maintained sympathetic reactivity but had an attenuated pressor response during fatiguing SHG. Additionally, muscle metaboreflex activation of vasomotor sympathetic outflow appeared to be minimal in both groups, with no significant difference between patients and controls.</p>

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Maintained sympathetic reactivity but blunted pressor response to static handgrip exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

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    2025年2月26日

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  • Takuro Washio,
  • Ryosuke Takeda,
  • Sarah L. Hissen,
  • John D. Akins,
  • Andrew W. D’Souza,
  • Denis J. Wakeham,
  • Tiffany Brazile,
  • Kevin Lutz,
  • Christopher M. Hearon Jr.,
  • James P. MacNamara,
  • Satyam Sarma,
  • Benjamin D. Levine,
  • Paul J. Fadel,
  • Qi Fu

摘要

Purpose

Recent studies have reported blunted increases in blood pressure (BP) during static handgrip (SHG) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which may be attributed to abnormal sympathetic reactivity during exercise and/or impaired muscle metaboreflex function. However, it is unknown whether the sympathetic neural response to SHG and isolated muscle metaboreflex activation via post-exercise circulatory occlusion (PECO) are attenuated in HFpEF.

Methods

Thirty-nine patients with HFpEF and 24 age-matched non-HFpEF controls were studied in the supine position. BP, heart rate (HR), and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were measured during SHG at 40% of maximal voluntary contraction until fatigue followed by 2-min PECO.

Results

Resting mean arterial pressure (MAP) was lower and peak increase (Δ) in MAP was smaller in patients with HFpEF than in controls during SHG (Δ23 ± 15 [standard deviation] vs. Δ34 ± 15 mmHg; P = 0.007) and PECO (Δ15 ± 11 vs. Δ19 ± 9 mmHg; P = 0.047). HR was greater in patients at rest but did not differ between the two groups at peak SHG. Patients had higher resting MSNA burst frequency than controls (37 ± 14 vs. 27 ± 13 bursts/min; P = 0.031); however, burst incidence was not different between the groups (P = 0.226). There were no differences in MSNA responses to SHG (Δ19 ± 15 vs. Δ18 ± 10 bursts/min at peak; P = 0.841) or PECO (Δ3 ± 12 vs. Δ5 ± 7 bursts/min; P = 0.495) between groups.

Conclusion

The patients with HFpEF maintained sympathetic reactivity but had an attenuated pressor response during fatiguing SHG. Additionally, muscle metaboreflex activation of vasomotor sympathetic outflow appeared to be minimal in both groups, with no significant difference between patients and controls.