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J Appl Physiol 78: 1522-1530, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 78, Issue 4 1522-1530, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Role of vagal feedback from the lung in hypoxic-induced tachycardia in humans

P. M. Simon, B. H. Taha, J. A. Dempsey, J. B. Skatrud and C. Iber
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester 55905, USA.

We assessed the cardiovascular responses to systemic normocapnic hypoxia in five normal subjects, five double lung transplant patients with lung denervation and intact hearts, and five patients with denervated hearts. Progressive normocapnic hypoxia was induced over 10-15 min and maintained for 2-3 min each at 90, 87, 84, and 80% arterial O2 saturation (SaO2). Normal subjects showed the most pronounced mean increase in heart rate (dHR/dSaO2 = 0.86 +/- 0.13 beat/min per 1% SaO2). Three lung-denervated subjects had normal tachycardiac responses (1.6, 0.9, and 0.69 beats/min per 1%), whereas the other two had distinctly lower responses (0.34 and 0.39 beat/min per 1%). Most of the lung-denervated subjects also showed a significant tachycardia with even mild hypoxia; none showed a bradycardiac response to any level of hypoxia. In the heart-denervated group, hypoxic tachycardia was significantly lower than normal (0.29 +/- 0.13 beat/min per 1%). We conclude that vagal feedback from the lungs is not required for the normal chronotropic response to hypoxia in humans; however, this mechanism may contribute significantly to the marked variability in hypoxic-induced tachycardia found among human subjects. These data in humans contrast with the progressive bradycardiac response to hypoxia reported in vagally denervated (or nonhyperpneic) dogs and cats.


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