Cerebral blood flow autoregulation in ischemic heart failure

J. R. Caldas, R. B. Panerai*, V. J. Haunton, J. P. Almeida, G. S.R. Ferreira, L. Camara, R. C. Nogueira, E. Bor-Seng-Shu, M. L. Oliveira, R. R.V. Groehs, L. Ferreira-Santos, M. J. Teixeira, F. R.B.G. Galas, T. G. Robinson, F. B. Jatene, L. A. Hajjar

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Abstract

<jats:p> Patients with ischemic heart failure (iHF) have a high risk of neurological complications such as cognitive impairment and stroke. We hypothesized that iHF patients have a higher incidence of impaired dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA). Adult patients with iHF and healthy volunteers were included. Cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV, transcranial Doppler, middle cerebral artery), end-tidal CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> (capnography), and arterial blood pressure (Finometer) were continuously recorded supine for 5 min at rest. Autoregulation index (ARI) was estimated from the CBFV step response derived by transfer function analysis using standard template curves. Fifty-two iHF patients and 54 age-, gender-, and BP-matched healthy volunteers were studied. Echocardiogram ejection fraction was 40 (20–45) % in iHF group. iHF patients compared with control subjects had reduced end-tidal CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> (34.1 ± 3.7 vs. 38.3 ± 4.0 mmHg, P &lt; 0.001) and lower ARI values (5.1 ± 1.6 vs. 5.9 ± 1.0, P = 0.012). ARI &lt;4, suggestive of impaired CA, was more common in iHF patients (28.8 vs. 7.4%, P = 0.004). These results confirm that iHF patients are more likely to have impaired dCA compared with age-matched controls. The relationship between impaired dCA and neurological complications in iHF patients deserves further investigation. </jats:p>
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R108-R113
Number of pages0
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Volume312
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017

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