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Trial reportMolecular imaging and biology

Phosphocreatine kinetics in the calf muscle of patients with bilateral symptomatic peripheral arterial disease during exhaustive incremental exercise.

Regina Esterhammer, Michael Schocke, Olaf Gorny, Lydia Posch, Hubert Messner, Werner Jaschke, Gustav Fraedrich, Andreas Greiner

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Trial report in Molecular imaging and biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Regina EsterhammerDepartment of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Michael Schocke
Olaf Gorny
Lydia Posch
Hubert Messner
Werner Jaschke
Gustav Fraedrich
Andreas Greiner
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the relationship between the atherosclerotic lesion load determined on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and phosphocreatine (PCr) kinetics during incremental, exhaustive calf exercise in patients with bilateral, symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PROCEDURES: Using a 1.5 Tesla MR scanner, 26 patients with bilateral symptomatic PAD and 24 healthy male controls underwent serial phosphorus-31 MR spectroscopy (31P MRS) during incremental exercise at 2, 3, 4, and 5 Watts. For each increment and recovery, PCr time constants, amplitudes of PCr changes and pH values were calculated from the MR spectra. In patients, the run-off resistance (ROR) was determined on MRA.

resultsThe patients exhibited significantly (p <or= 0.002) increased PCr time constants at the first (36.7, 13.8-360.3 vs. 22.9, 9.2-60.7 s), at the second (68.1, 4.2-757.2 vs. 18.3, 5.2-57.6 s), at the third (65.3, 14.7-277.7 vs. 29.0, 4.48-97.2 s), the fourth increment (64.1, 34.2-548.8 vs. 34.6, 4.9-106.2 s), and during recovery (53.2, 11.1-353.2 vs. 41.4, 15.1-122.4 s) compared to the normal controls. The PCr on-kinetics during the increments correlated significantly with the pH levels (r= -0.39 to -0.66, p <or= 0.005) at the end of the corresponding increments, but not with the RORs.

conclusionsThe correlation between PCr on-kinetics and end-increment pH values might indicate remodelling processes within the muscle that probably affect mitochondrial performance, diffusion of oxygen, and muscle fiber distribution. These parameters could be improved by exercise training.

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LegAgedAged, 80 and overDemographyExerciseFemaleHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPhosphocreatineTime FactorsPhosphocreatine

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