Journal article
Contribution of Tonic Chemoreflex Activation to Sympathetic Activity and Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Circulation (New York, N.Y.), Vol.97(10), pp.943-945
03/17/1998
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.10.943
PMID: 9529260
Abstract
Background—Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is increased in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We tested the hypothesis that tonic activation of excitatory chemoreceptor afferents contributes to the elevated sympathetic activity in OSA.
Methods and Results—Using a double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled design, we examined the effects of chemoreflex deactivation (by comparing effects of breathing 100% oxygen for 15 minutes with effects of breathing room air for 15 minutes) on MSNA, heart rate, blood pressure, and minute ventilation in 14 untreated patients with OSA and in 12 normal subjects matched for age and body mass index. All control subjects underwent overnight polysomnography to exclude the existence of occult OSA. Baseline MSNA was markedly elevated in the patients with OSA compared with the control subjects (44±4 versus 30±3 bursts per minute; P=.01). In both control subjects and patients with OSA, heart rate decreased during administration of 100% oxygen but did not change during administration of room air. By contrast, both MSNA (P=.008) and mean arterial pressure (P=.02) were significantly reduced during chemoreflex deactivation by 100% oxygen only in patients with OSA but not in control subjects.
Conclusions—Tonic activation of excitatory chemoreflex afferents may contribute to increased efferent sympathetic activity to muscle circulation in patients with OSA.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Contribution of Tonic Chemoreflex Activation to Sympathetic Activity and Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Creators
- Krzysztof Narkiewicz - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)Philippe J. H van de Borne - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)Nicola Montano - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)Mark E Dyken - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)Bradley G Phillips - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)Virend K Somers - From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine (K.N., P.J.H.v.d.B., V.K.S.), Department of Neurology (M.E.D.), and Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy (B.G.P.), University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari, CNR, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L. Sacco, Università di Milano (Italy) (N.M.)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Circulation (New York, N.Y.), Vol.97(10), pp.943-945
- DOI
- 10.1161/01.CIR.97.10.943
- PMID
- 9529260
- NLM abbreviation
- Circulation
- ISSN
- 0009-7322
- eISSN
- 1524-4539
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/17/1998
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020741002771
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