Abstract
We applied spectral techniques to the analysis of cardiorespiratory signals [instantaneous lung volume (ILV), instantaneous tidal volume (ITV), arterial O2 saturation (Sa(O2)) at the ear, heart rate (HR), systolic (SAP), and diastolic (DAP) arterial pressure] during nonapneic periodic breathing (PB) in 29 awake chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and estimated the timing relationships between respiratory and slow cardiovascular (2) was highly coherent with (coherence function = 0.96 ± 0.009) and almost opposite in phase to ITV. These findings demonstrate the existence of a generalized cardiorespiratory rhythm led by the ventilatory oscillation and suggest that 1) the cyclic increase in inspiratory drive and cardiopulmonary reflexes and 2) mechanical effects of PB-induced changes in intrathoracic pressure are the more likely sources of the HR and blood pressure oscillations, respectively. The timing relationship between ITV and blood pressure signals excludes the possibility that PB represents the effect of a central vasomotor rhythm.
Original language | English |
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Journal | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology |
Volume | 278 |
Issue number | 3 47-3 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2000 |
Keywords
- Cardiopulmonary receptors
- Cardiovascular variability
- Chemoreceptors
- Spectral analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Physiology (medical)