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Trial reportClinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2020

Testing individual baroreflex responses to hypoxia-induced peripheral chemoreflex stimulation.

Hendrik Kronsbein, Darius A Gerlach, Karsten Heusser, Alex Hoff, Fabian Hoffmann, André Diedrich, Heimo Ehmke, Jens Jordan, Jens Tank

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hypoxia disrupts neurovascular regulation of blood pressure in normotensive and untreated hypertensive men.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2025
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  5. Baroreflex responses to limb venous distension in humans.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hendrik Kronsbein *Department of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany.
Darius A GerlachDepartment of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-6065
Karsten HeusserDepartment of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany.
Alex HoffDepartment of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany.
Fabian HoffmannDepartment of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany.
André DiedrichDivision of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Autonomic Dysfunction Service, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Heimo EhmkeInstitute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Jens JordanInstitute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Chair of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany.
Jens TankDepartment of Cardiovascular Aerospace Medicine, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147, Cologne, Germany. jens.tank@dlr.de.
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Structural genomics of norepinephrine transportersP01HL056693 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROBERTSON, DAVID HERLIE · 1997 to 2016
$30.8M
Autonomic Determinants of Postural Tachycardia SyndromeR01HL142583 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DIEDRICH, ANDRE · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Autonomic Determinants of Postural Tachycardia SyndromeR56HL142583 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DIEDRICH, ANDRE · 2018 to 2018
$391k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL056693NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142583NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL142583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBaroreflexes and peripheral chemoreflexes control efferent autonomic activity making these reflexes treatment targets for arterial hypertension. The literature on their interaction is controversial, with suggestions that their individual and collective influence on blood pressure and heart rate regulation is variable. Therefore, we applied a study design that allows the elucidation of individual baroreflex-chemoreflex interactions.

methodsWe studied nine healthy young men who breathed either normal air (normoxia) or an air-nitrogen-carbon dioxide mixture with decreased oxygen content (hypoxia) for 90 min, with randomization to condition, followed by a 30-min recovery period and then exposure to the other condition for 90 min. Multiple intravenous phenylephrine bolus doses were applied per condition to determine phenylephrine pressor sensitivity as an estimate of baroreflex blood pressure buffering and cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (BRS).

resultsHypoxia reduced arterial oxygen saturation from 98.1 ± 0.4 to 81.0 ± 0.4% (p < 0.001), raised heart rate from 62.9 ± 2.1 to 76.0 ± 3.6 bpm (p < 0.001), but did not change systolic blood pressure (p = 0.182). Of the nine subjects, six had significantly lower BRS in hypoxia (p < 0.05), two showed a significantly decreased pressor response, and three showed a significantly increased pressor response to phenylephrine in hypoxia, likely through reduced baroreflex buffering (p < 0.05). On average, hypoxia decreased BRS by 6.4 ± 0.9 ms/mmHg (19.9 ± 2.0 vs. 14.12 ± 1.6 ms/mmHg; p < 0.001) but did not change the phenylephrine pressor response (p = 0.878).

conclusionWe applied an approach to assess individual baroreflex-chemoreflex interactions in human subjects. A subgroup exhibited significant impairments in baroreflex blood pressure buffering and BRS with peripheral chemoreflex activation. The methodology may have utility in elucidating individual pathophysiology and in targeting treatments modulating baroreflex or chemoreflex function.

Indexed as

BaroreflexHypertensionBlood PressureHeart RateHumansHypoxiaMaleBlood pressureCardiovascularChemoreflexPharmacological baroreflexPhenylephrine

Identifiers

PMID31974825
PMCPMC7704522
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