Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 76, Issue 5 1914-1921, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Spectral analysis of hemodynamics during infusions of epinephrine and norepinephrine in men

J. H. Tulen, A. J. Man in 't Veld, A. M. Van Roon, P. Moleman, H. G. Van Steenis, P. J. Blankestijn and F. Boomsma
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.

Spectral analysis of fluctuations in heart rate (HR) and arterial blood pressure (BP) during a 6-h infusion of epinephrine (15 ng.kg-1.min-1) or norepinephrine (30 ng.kg-1.min-1) in 10 normotensive males was used to analyze effects of peripheral sympathetic nervous system activity and adrenal medullary discharge on cardiovascular variability. Power spectra were calculated for each 5-min period for HR, systolic BP, and diastolic BP to yield power values for three frequency bands: low (0.02-0.06 Hz), mid (0.07-0.14 Hz), and high (0.15-0.40 Hz). Infusion of epinephrine and norepinephrine induced plasma concentrations of epinephrine and norepinephrine, respectively, within the high physiological range. Spectral analysis showed that low-frequency fluctuations of BP during infusions of epinephrine and midfrequency fluctuations of BP during infusion of norepinephrine changed in opposite directions. These fluctuations may represent different components of short-term cardiovascular control mechanisms during situations that mimic increased sympathoadrenal activity. No changes were observed in HR fluctuations or high-frequency fluctuations of BP after either catecholamine. Our data imply that changes in concentrations of circulating catecholamines cannot be unequivocally labeled as indexes of an altered sympathoadrenal involvement in short-term cardiovascular control.

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