The feasibility of baroreflex sensitivity measurements in heart failure subjects : The role of slow-patterned breathing

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INTRODUCTION: Increased muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) indicates an adverse outcome in heart failure. Decreased baroreflex modulation of MSNA is a well-known feature of the disease. The determinability of cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in heart failure is low, however, the determinability of sympathetic BRS is not known.

METHODS: We have assessed the spontaneous, MSNA burst incidence-based baroreflex index (BRSsymp) in 33 stable heart failure patients and in 10 healthy controls using the traditional r ≥ .5 cutoff for acceptable individual diastolic pressure-burst incidence slopes, and also a more stringent r ≥ .7 cutoff. We have also assessed the influence of 6/min breathing.

RESULTS: The determinability of BRSsymp in heart failure patients was 64% during spontaneous breathing with r ≥ .5 cutoff, and 39% using the r ≥ .7 cutoff. The determinability of these indices further decreased during 6/min breathing, dropping to 29% with the r ≥ .7 cutoff. In contrast, the determinability of the cardiovagal BRS indices increased significantly with 6/min breathing (from 24% to 66%; p < .001). Patients who still had determinable BRSsymp at the r ≥ .7 cutoff had a significantly lower baseline burst incidence than those with an undeterminable index (70 ± 14 vs. 89 ± 10 burst/100 cycles; p < .002). Neither the 6/min breathing, nor the r ≥ .7 cutoff limit influenced the high availability of BRSsymp in healthy subjects.

CONCLUSION: The determinability of BRSsymp in heart failure patients is limited, especially with the 0.7 limit for correlation. Undeterminable BRSsymp in patients is associated with higher sympathetic activity. 6/min breathing improves the determinability of cardiovagal BRS indices, but not that of BRSsymp.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Clinical physiology and functional imaging - 42(2022), 4 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 260-268

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Urbancsek, Réka [VerfasserIn]
Csanádi, Zoltán [VerfasserIn]
Forgács, Ildikó N [VerfasserIn]
Papp, Tímea B [VerfasserIn]
Boczán, Judit [VerfasserIn]
Barta, Judit [VerfasserIn]
Jenei, Csaba [VerfasserIn]
Nagy, László [VerfasserIn]
Rudas, László [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Baroreflex gain
Heart failure
Journal Article
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity
Slow breathing

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Date Completed 09.06.2022

Date Revised 09.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cpf.12755

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339265469