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J Appl Physiol 71: 465-473, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 2 465-473, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Short-term effect of tidal pleural pressure swings on pulmonary blood flow during rest and exercise

G. G. Giesbrecht, F. Ali and M. Younes
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Because pleural pressure (Ppl) has important effects on venous return and left ventricular function, it is possible that the magnitude of respiratory fluctuations in Ppl importantly influences cardiac output (pulmonary blood flow, QL) during exercise. To examine this question, we increased (+15 cmH2O) and decreased (-11 cmH2O) the amplitude of fluctuations in Ppl by elastic loading and unloading, respectively, during steady-state exercise (50 W) and estimated the corresponding changes in QL from measurement of breath-by-breath alveolar O2 consumption [(Vo2)A] by a modification of the technique of Beaver et al. (J. Appl. Physiol. 51: 1662-1675, 1981). Load changes were applied for three breaths. Using oscilloscopic volume feedback, subjects maintained constant breathing pattern and end-expiratory volume during control and experimental breaths. This procedure minimized errors in computing (Vo2)A. Furthermore, because over the brief period of load change (especially the first 1 or 2 breaths) mixed venous and arterial O2 contents were not likely to have changed, changes in (Vo2)A reflected changes in QL according to the Fick principle. In six normal subjects, neither loading nor unloading had any effect on (Vo2)A in the first, second, or third breath (P greater than 0.5). Additional studies at rest produced equally negative results. We conclude that the magnitude of respiratory fluctuations in Ppl has no short-term effect on pulmonary blood flow at rest or during mild exercise.


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