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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
卷 68, 期 2, 页码 161-167出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls099
关键词
Exercise capacity; Aging; Flow-mediated dilation; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Endothelial function
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R37AG18915, RO1AG12257]
- Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center of Wake Forest University NIH [P30AG21332]
Background. Older heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) have severely reduced exercise capacity and quality of life. Both brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and peak exercise oxygen uptake (peak VO2) decline with normal aging. However, uncertainty remains regarding whether FMD is reduced beyond the degree associated with normal aging and if this contributes to reduced peak VO2 in elderly HFpEF patients. Methods. Sixty-six older (70 +/- 7 years) HFpEF patients and 47 healthy participants (16 young, 25 +/- 3 years, and 31 older, 70 +/- 6 years) were studied. Brachial artery diameter was measured before and after cuff occlusion using high-resolution ultrasound. Peak VO2 was measured using expired gas analysis during upright cycle exercise. Results. Peak VO2 was severely reduced in older HFpEF patients compared with age-matched healthy participants (15.2 +/- 0.5 vs 19.6 +/- 0.6 mL/kg/min, p < .0001), and in both groups, peak VO2 was reduced compared with young healthy controls (28.5 +/- 0.8 mL/kg/min; both p < .0001). Compared with healthy young participants, brachial artery FMD (healthy young, 6.13% +/- 0.53%) was significantly reduced in healthy older participants (4.0 +/- 0.38; p < .0002) and in HFpEF patients (3.64% +/- 0.28%; p < .0001). However, FMD was not different in HFpEF patients compared with healthy older participants (p = .86). Although brachial artery FMD was modestly related to peak VO2 in univariate analyses (r = .19; p = .048), it was not related in multivariate analyses that accounted for age, gender, and body size. Conclusion. These results suggest that endothelial dysfunction may not be a significant independent contributor to the severely reduced exercise capacity in elderly HFpEF patients.
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