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Dysregulation of endogenous carbon monoxide and nitric oxide production in patients with advanced ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Am J Cardiol 92(7):4 (2003) PMID 14516883

Carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) are endogenous vasoregulatory molecules whose role in heart failure is not fully known. Exhaled CO and NO measurement provide novel noninvasive assessment of their endogenous production. We compared exhaled CO and NO in 24 patients with advanced ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy and in 13 control subjects without known cardiac disease at rest and at 1 and 5 minutes after exercise testing. Exhaled CO was lower in patients with cardiomyopathy at rest (1.66 +/- 0.2 vs 1.80 +/- 0.5 ppm, p = 0.02) and 1 minute after exercise (1.35 +/- 0.2 vs 1.81 +/- 0.5 ppm, p = 0.009), with a similar trend at 5 minutes after exercise (1.45 +/- 0.3 vs 1.81 +/- 0.5 ppm, p = 0.14). Exhaled CO decreased in patients with cardiomyopathy after exercise (p <0.001 and p = 0.02 at rest vs 1 and 5 minutes after exercise, respectively) but was maintained in controls. Exhaled NO did not differ between patients with cardiomyopathy and controls at rest (9.48 +/- 1.4 vs 9.68 +/- 1.5 ppb, p = NS) and after exercise (1 minute: 10.91 +/- 1.8 vs 9.19 +/- 1.2 ppb; 5 minutes: 10.52 +/- 1.5 vs 8.90 +/- 1.2 ppb, p = NS). Exhaled NO increased after exercise in patients with cardiomyopathy (p = 0.01 and p = 0.04 rest vs exercise at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively), but was maintained in controls. Exhaled CO and NO were not correlated with peak oxygen consumption in patients with cardiomyopathy. The differential responses in exhaled CO and NO at rest or with exercise between patients with cardiomyopathy and normal controls may point to dysregulation in endogenous CO and NO production.

DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00890-7
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