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Effect of Inorganic Nitrate on Exercise Capacity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Zamani, Payman, Rawat, Deepa, Shiva-Kumar, Prithvi, Geraci, Salvatore, Bhuva, Rushik, Konda, Prasad, Doulias, Paschalis-Thomas, Ischiropoulos, Harry +5 more·2015·Circulation

Abstract

Background—: Inorganic nitrate (NO 3 − ), abundant in certain vegetables, is converted to nitrite by bacteria in the oral cavity. Nitrite can be converted to nitric oxide in the setting of hypoxia. We tested the hypothesis that NO 3 − supplementation improves exercise capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction via specific adaptations to exercise. Methods and Results—: Seventeen subjects participated in this randomized, double-blind, crossover study comparing a single dose of NO 3 -rich beetroot juice (NO 3 − , 12.9 mmol) with an identical nitrate-depleted placebo. Subjects performed supine-cycle maximal-effort cardiopulmonary exercise tests, with measurements of cardiac output and skeletal muscle oxygenation. We also assessed skeletal muscle oxidative function. Study end points included exercise efficiency (total work/total oxygen consumed), peak o 2 , total work performed, vasodilatory reserve, forearm mitochondrial oxidative function, and augmentation index (a marker of arterial wave reflections, measured via radial arterial tonometry). Supplementation increased plasma nitric oxide metabolites (median, 326 versus 10 μmol/L; P =0.0003), peak o 2 (12.6±3.7 versus 11.6±3.1 mL O 2 ·min −1 ·kg −1 ; P =0.005), and total work performed (55.6±35.3 versus 49.2±28.9 kJ; P =0.04). However, efficiency was unchanged. NO 3 − led to greater reductions in systemic vascular resistance (−42.4±16.6% versus −31.8±20.3%; P =0.03) and increases in cardiac output (121.2±59.9% versus 88.7±53.3%; P =0.006) with exercise. NO 3 − reduced aortic augmentation index (132.2±16.7% versus 141.4±21.9%; P =0.03) and tended to improve mitochondrial oxidative function. Conclusions—: NO 3 − increased exercise capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by targeting peripheral abnormalities. Efficiency did not change as a result of parallel increases in total work and o 2. NO 3 − increased exercise vasodilatory and cardiac output reserves. NO 3 − also reduced arterial wave reflections, which are linked to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and remodeling. Clinical Trial Registration—: URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT01919177.

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Zamani, P., Rawat, D., Shiva-Kumar, P., Geraci, S., Bhuva, R., Konda, P., Doulias, P.-T., Ischiropoulos, H., Townsend, R. R., Margulies, K. B., Cappola, T. P., Poole, D. C., & Chirinos, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia (P.Z., P.S.-K., P.K., K.B.M., T.P.C., J.A.C.); Division of Cardiology, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (D.R., P.S.-K., S.G., R.B., J.A.C.); Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA (P.-T.D., H.I.); Division of Nephrology/Hypertension. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (R.R...
Venue
Circulation
Published
2015-01-27
Volume
131
Issue
4
Pages
371-380
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2000501615
Cited by
307
References
53
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FWCI
82.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL54926, HL110338, R21HL113777, HL105993, HL113777, R01HL054926, R01HL105993, U10HL110338)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
Keywords
inorganic nitrate, nitrate supplementation, beetroot juice, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, exercise capacity, nitric oxide, nitrite, exercise efficiency, peak oxygen uptake, systemic vascular resistance, cardiac output, augmentation index, arterial wave reflection, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, left ventricular remodeling, dietary nitrate
MeSH terms
Aged, Double-Blind Method, Exercise Test, Female, Heart Failure, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nitrates, Oxygen Consumption, Stroke Volume, Treatment Outcome, Exercise Tolerance, Cross-Over Studies

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