BACKGROUND: Alterations in skeletal muscle function are known to contribute to exercise intolerance in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether muscle isometric endurance can be objectively measured and whether it is related to skeletal muscle metabolism in CHF. METHODS: Isometric endurance of the vastus lateralis, measured as time to fatigue (T(F)), was evaluated in 25 patients with CHF (55+/-8 years of age [mean +/- SD]) and 18 healthy subjects (HS) (62+/-6 years of age [mean +/- SD]). Median frequency of surface electromyography was obtained from spectral analysis using a fast Fourier transformation. Citrate synthase (CS), 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HADH), hexokinase (HK) and phosphofructokinase (PFK) activities were determined from the right vastus lateralis muscle. RESULTS: T(F) was lower in CHF patients than in HS (49+/-4 s and 80+/-7 s, respectively; P<0.01). Muscle fatigue was present at the end of the endurance test in both groups (median frequency breakpoint at mid-exercise for both groups [P<0.05]). CS (P<0.01) and HK (P<0.01) activities were lower in CHF patients than in HS, but PFK activity was higher (P<0.05). T(F) correlated significantly with CS (r=0.50), HADH (r=0.42), PFK (r=-0.47) and HK (r=0.41) activities and the PFK/CS ratio (r=-0.39) when both groups were considered, and with HADH (r=0.47) and PFK (r=-0.57) activities for the CHF group alone (all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that isometric endurance of the vastus lateralis muscle is reduced in patients with CHF and that it is related to a reduced muscle oxidative capacity.
BACKGROUND: Alterations in skeletal muscle function are known to contribute to exercise intolerance in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether muscle isometric endurance can be objectively measured and whether it is related to skeletal muscle metabolism in CHF. METHODS: Isometric endurance of the vastus lateralis, measured as time to fatigue (T(F)), was evaluated in 25 patients with CHF (55+/-8 years of age [mean +/- SD]) and 18 healthy subjects (HS) (62+/-6 years of age [mean +/- SD]). Median frequency of surface electromyography was obtained from spectral analysis using a fast Fourier transformation. Citrate synthase (CS), 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HADH), hexokinase (HK) and phosphofructokinase (PFK) activities were determined from the right vastus lateralis muscle. RESULTS: T(F) was lower in CHFpatients than in HS (49+/-4 s and 80+/-7 s, respectively; P<0.01). Muscle fatigue was present at the end of the endurance test in both groups (median frequency breakpoint at mid-exercise for both groups [P<0.05]). CS (P<0.01) and HK (P<0.01) activities were lower in CHFpatients than in HS, but PFK activity was higher (P<0.05). T(F) correlated significantly with CS (r=0.50), HADH (r=0.42), PFK (r=-0.47) and HK (r=0.41) activities and the PFK/CS ratio (r=-0.39) when both groups were considered, and with HADH (r=0.47) and PFK (r=-0.57) activities for the CHF group alone (all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that isometric endurance of the vastus lateralis muscle is reduced in patients with CHF and that it is related to a reduced muscle oxidative capacity.
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