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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 281, Issue 3, Pages H1040-H1046Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.3.H1040
Keywords
muscle sympathetic nerve activity; head-up tilt; end tidal CO2; cardiac output; total peripheral vascular resistance
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Arterial hypocapnia has been associated with orthostatic intolerance. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that hypocapnia may be detrimental to increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and total peripheral resistance (TPR) during head-up tilt (HUT). Ventilation was increased similar to1.5 times above baseline for each of three conditions, whereas end-tidal PCO2 (PETCO2) was clamped at normocapnic (Normo), hypercapnic (Hyper; +5 mmHg relative to Normo), and hypocapnic (Hypo; -5 mmHg relative to Normo) conditions. MSNA (microneurography), heart rate, blood pressure (BP, Finapres), and cardiac output (Q, Doppler) were measured continuously during supine rest and 45 degrees HUT. The increase in heart rate when changing from supine to HUT (P < 0.001) was not different across PETCO2 conditions. MSNA burst frequency increased similarly with HUT in all conditions (P < 0.05). However, total MSNA and the increase in total amplitude relative to baseline (%Delta MSNA) increased more when changing to HUT during Hypo compared with Hyper (P < 0.05). Both BP and Q were higher during Hyper than both Normo and Hypo (main effect; P < 0.05). Therefore, the MSNA response to HUT varied inversely with levels of PETCO2. The combined data suggest that augmented cardiac output with hypercapnia sustained blood pressure during HUT leading to a diminished sympathetic response.
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