The cardiopulmonary reflex control of circulation (which, in man, depends largely on cardiac receptors) is impaired in hypertensive subjects who have left ventricular hypertrophy. To determine whether hypertension or cardiac hypertrophy per se is responsible for this, we studied nine sedentary normotensive subjects aged 23 +/- 1 years and nine age-matched normotensive weight-lifters with echocardiographic signs of left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass index for the weight-lifters: 134 +/- 7; for the sedentary subjects: 99 +/- 7 g/m2; P less than 0.01). Cardiac receptors were manipulated by increasing and decreasing the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) by raising the leg and by reducing the lower-body negative pressure, respectively, and the reflex responses were assessed from the changes in forearm vascular resistance and plasma noradrenaline (high performance liquid chromatography assay). Forearm vascular resistance and the noradrenaline concentration were reduced by increasing the LVEDD, and were increased when the LVEDD was reduced. For a given change in the LVEDD, the responses were markedly less in the weight-lifters than in the non-athletes. In contrast, the haemodynamic effects of a cold pressor test were similar in both groups. Thus, the cardiopulmonary reflex is impaired in normotensive subjects in whom intense physiological training has led to an increase in left ventricular hypertrophy. This suggests that structural alteration of the heart per se is responsible for the phenomenon.

Giannattasio, C., Seravalle, G., Bolla, G., Cattaneo, B., Cléroux, J., Cuspidi, C., et al. (1989). Cardiac hypertrophy impairs cardiac receptor control of circulation in man. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION SUPPLEMENT, 7(6), S56-S57 [10.1097/00004872-198900076-00024].

Cardiac hypertrophy impairs cardiac receptor control of circulation in man

GIANNATTASIO, CRISTINA
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CUSPIDI, CESARE;GRASSI, GUIDO
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MANCIA, GIUSEPPE
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1989

Abstract

The cardiopulmonary reflex control of circulation (which, in man, depends largely on cardiac receptors) is impaired in hypertensive subjects who have left ventricular hypertrophy. To determine whether hypertension or cardiac hypertrophy per se is responsible for this, we studied nine sedentary normotensive subjects aged 23 +/- 1 years and nine age-matched normotensive weight-lifters with echocardiographic signs of left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass index for the weight-lifters: 134 +/- 7; for the sedentary subjects: 99 +/- 7 g/m2; P less than 0.01). Cardiac receptors were manipulated by increasing and decreasing the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) by raising the leg and by reducing the lower-body negative pressure, respectively, and the reflex responses were assessed from the changes in forearm vascular resistance and plasma noradrenaline (high performance liquid chromatography assay). Forearm vascular resistance and the noradrenaline concentration were reduced by increasing the LVEDD, and were increased when the LVEDD was reduced. For a given change in the LVEDD, the responses were markedly less in the weight-lifters than in the non-athletes. In contrast, the haemodynamic effects of a cold pressor test were similar in both groups. Thus, the cardiopulmonary reflex is impaired in normotensive subjects in whom intense physiological training has led to an increase in left ventricular hypertrophy. This suggests that structural alteration of the heart per se is responsible for the phenomenon.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Adult; Blood Circulation; Cardiomegaly; Female; Heart; Humans; Male; Pressoreceptors; Reflex; Stroke Volume; Weight Lifting
English
1989
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6
S56
S57
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Giannattasio, C., Seravalle, G., Bolla, G., Cattaneo, B., Cléroux, J., Cuspidi, C., et al. (1989). Cardiac hypertrophy impairs cardiac receptor control of circulation in man. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION SUPPLEMENT, 7(6), S56-S57 [10.1097/00004872-198900076-00024].
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