Increased sympathetic nerve activity in pulmonary artery hypertension

Circulation
Sonia Velez-RoaPhilippe van de Borne

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that sympathetic nerve activity is increased in pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), a rare disease of poor prognosis and incompletely understood pathophysiology. We subsequently explored whether chemoreflex activation contributes to sympathoexcitation in PAH. We measured muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) by microneurography, heart rate (HR), and arterial oxygen saturation (Sao(2)) in 17 patients with PAH and 12 control subjects. The patients also underwent cardiac echography, right heart catheterization, and a 6-minute walk test with dyspnea scoring. Circulating catecholamines were determined in 8 of the patients. Chemoreflex deactivation by 100% O(2) was assessed in 14 patients with the use of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study design. Compared with the controls, the PAH patients had increased MSNA (67+/-4 versus 40+/-3 bursts per minute; P<0.0001) and HR (82+/-4 versus 68+/-3 bpm; P=0.02). MSNA in the PAH patients was correlated with HR (r=0.64, P=0.006), Sao(2) (r=-0.53, P=0.03), the presence of pericardial effusion (r=0.51, P=0.046), and NYHA class (r=0.52, P=0.033). The PAH patients treated with prostacyclin derivatives had higher MSNA (P=0.009), lower S...Continue Reading

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