Affiliation:
1. Center for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada;
2. School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
3. Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Abstract
We investigated 1) the regional distribution of cerebral blood flow (CBF), 2) the influence of end-tidal Pco2 (PetCO2) on CBF, and 3) the potential for an extracranial blood “steal” from the anterior brain region during passive hyperthermia. Nineteen (13 male) volunteers underwent supine passive heating until a steady-state esophageal temperature of 2°C above resting was established. Measurements were obtained 1) during normothermia (Normo), 2) during poikilocapnic hyperthermia (Hyper), and 3) during hyperthermia with PetCO2 and end-tidal Po2 clamped to Normo levels (Hyper-clamp). Blood flow in the internal carotid (Q̇ica), vertebral (Q̇VA), and external carotid (Q̇eca) arteries (Duplex ultrasound), blood velocity of the middle cerebral (MCAv) and posterior cerebral (PCAv) arteries (transcranial Doppler), and cutaneous vascular conductance on the cheek (cheek CVC; Doppler velocimetry) were measured at each stage. During Hyper, PetCO2 was lowered by 7.0 ± 5.2 mmHg, resulting in a reduction in Q̇ica (−18 ± 17%), Q̇va (−31 ± 21%), MCAv (−22 ± 13%), and PCAv (−18 ± 10%) compared with Normo ( P < 0.05). The reduction in Q̇VA was greater than that in Q̇ICA ( P = 0.017), MCAv ( P = 0.047), and PCAv ( P = 0.034). Blood flow/velocity was completely restored in each intracranial vessel (ICA, VA, MCA, and PCA) during Hyper-clamp. Despite a ∼250% increase in Q̇ECA and a subsequent increase in cheek CVC during Hyper compared with Normo, reductions in Q̇ICA were unrelated to changes in Q̇ECA. These data provide three novel findings: 1) hyperthermia attenuates Q̇VA to a greater extent than Q̇ICA, 2) reductions in CBF during hyperthermia are governed primarily by reductions in arterial Pco2, and 3) increased Q̇ECA is unlikely to compromise Q̇ICA during hyperthermia.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology
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