Effect of reduced muscle bulk on the ventilatory response to exercise in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy

D Harrington; A L Clark; T P Chua; S D Anker; P A Poole-Wilson; A J Coats

Effect of reduced muscle bulk on the ventilatory response to exercise in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jul 1;80(1):90-3.

Authors

D Harrington¹, A L Clark, T P Chua, S D Anker, P A Poole-Wilson, A J Coats

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 9205030

Abstract

Changing the exercising muscle group alters the ventilatory response to exercise in chronic heart failure. The recognized muscle abnormalities in congestive heart failure may thus contribute to the ventilatory abnormalities of this condition.

MeSH terms

Aged
Analysis of Variance
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications*
Chronic Disease
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
Myocardial Ischemia / complications*
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Regression Analysis