Open AccessPeak skeletal muscle perfusion is maintained in patients with chronic heart failure when only a small muscle mass is exercised
Author(s) -
G Magnússon,
L. Kaijser,
Christer Sylvén,
Karl-Erik Karlberg,
Bengt Isberg,
Bengt Saltin
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cardiovascular research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.774
H-Index - 219
eISSN - 1755-3245
pISSN - 0008-6363
DOI - 10.1016/s0008-6363(96)00249-0
Subject(s) - perfusion , medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , heart failure , skeletal muscle , peripheral , cardiac output , vo2 max , circulatory system , blood flow , hemodynamics , heart rate , blood pressure
The issue to be resolved was whether peripheral leg blood flow in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is reduced by low local flow capacity or as a function of the amount of muscle mass activated during exercise.