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Evidence of impaired functional sympatholysis in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

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AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00450.2023

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blood flow; exercise; heart failure; sympathetic nervous system; sympatholysis

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Data from this study suggest that functional sympatholysis, or the ability to adequately attenuate sympathetic nervous system (SNS)-mediated vasoconstriction during exercise, is impaired in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). These observations extend the current understanding of HFpEF pathophysiology by implicating inadequate functional sympatholysis as an important contributor to reduced exercising muscle blood flow in this patient group.
Exercising muscle blood flow is reduced in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which may be related to disease-related changes in the ability to overcome sympathetic nervous system (SNS)-mediated vasoconstriction during exercise, (i.e., functional sympatholysis). Thus, in 12 patients with HFpEF (69 +/- 7 yr) and 11 healthy controls (Con, 69 +/- 4 yr), we examined forearm blood flow (FBF), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and forearm vascular conductance (FVC) during rhythmic handgrip exercise (HG) at 30% of maximum voluntary contraction with or without lower-body negative pressure (LBNP, -20 mmHg) to increase SNS activity and elicit peripheral vasoconstriction. SNS-mediated vasoconstrictor responses were determined as LBNP-induced changes (%D) in FVC, and the magnitude of sympatholysis was calculated as the difference between responses at rest and during exercise. At rest, the LBNP-induced change in FVC was significantly lesser in HFpEF compared with Con (HFpEF:-9.5 +/- 5.5 vs. Con: -21.0 +/- 8.0%; P < 0.01). During exercise, LBNP-induced %DFVC was significantly attenuated in Con compared with rest (HG: -5.8 +/- 6.0%; P < 0.05) but not in HFpEF (HG: -9.9 +/- 2.5%; P = 0.88). Thus, the magnitude of sympatholysis was lesser in HFpEF compared with Con (HFpEF: 0.4 +/- 4.7 vs. Con: -15.2 +/- 11.8%; P < 0.01). These data demonstrate a diminished ability to attenuate SNS-mediated vasoconstriction in HFpEF and provide new evidence suggesting impaired functional sympatholysis in this patient group. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Data from the current study suggest that functional sympatholysis, or the ability to adequately attenuate sympathetic nervous system (SNS)-mediated vasoconstriction during exercise, is impaired in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). These observations extend the current understanding of HFpEF pathophysiology by implicating inadequate functional sympatholysis as an important contributor to reduced exercising muscle blood flow in this patient group.

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