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Exercise limitation in chronic heart failure: Central role of the periphery

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Clark, Andrew L., Poole-Wilson, Philip A., Coats, Andrew J.S.·1996·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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The symptoms of chronic heart failure (CHF) are predominantly shortness of breath and fatigue during exercise and reduced exercise capacity. Disturbances of central hemodynamic function are no longer considered to be the major determinants of exercise capacity. The two symptoms of fatigue and breathlessness are often considered in isolation. A pulmonary abnormality is usually considered to be the cause of abnormal ventilation, and increased dead space ventilation has come to be accepted as a major cause of the increased ventilation relative to carbon dioxide production seen in CHF. Rather than decreased skeletal muscle perfusion, an intrinsic muscle abnormality is considered to be responsible for fatigue. Another abnormality seen in CHF is persistent sympathetic nervous system activation, which is difficult to explain on the basis of baroreflex activation. There is increasing evidence for the importance of skeletal muscle ergoreceptors or metaboreceptors in CHF. These receptors are sensitive to work performed, and activation results in increased ventilation and sympathetic activation. The ergoreflex appears to be greatly enhanced in CHF. We put forward the "muscle hypothesis" as an explanation for many of the pathophysiologic events in CHF. Impaired skeletal muscle function results in ergoreflex activation. In turn, this causes increased ventilation, thus linking the symptoms of breathlessness and fatigue. Furthermore, ergoreflex stimulation may be responsible for persistent sympathetic activation.

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Authors
Clark, A. L., Poole-Wilson, P. A., & Coats, A. J. S.
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-11
Volume
28
Issue
5
Pages
1092-1102
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
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W1991209451
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524
References
8
FWCI
35.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Clark, A. L., Poole-Wilson, P. A., & Coats, A. J. S. (1996). Exercise limitation in chronic heart failure: Central role of the periphery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00323-3

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