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exercise.Thiscanhaveimplicationswhentryingtointerpretstudiesperformed
semisupineorsupine(e.g.,usedinsomelabstofacilitateforstress
echocardiography).Thiscanbeanimportantconsiderationindiagnoseswhere
venouspooling,autonomicfunction,orlimitedstrokevolumeaugmentationare
particularlyrelevant,suchasposturalorthostatictachycardiasyndromeorinthe
Fontancirculation.
Anincreaseinheartrateistheprimarymechanismfortheincreasedcardiac
outputathigherworkrates.Thisisreflectedintheessentiallylinearrelationship
betweenheartrateandconsumptionofoxygenasworkratesincrease(seeFig.
23.4).Thereforetheabilitytoincreaseheartratenormallyduringexerciseis
essentialtoachievinganormalaerobiccapacity.Thedifferenceincontentof
oxygenbetweenthearterialandmixedvenousbloodgraduallywidenswith
increasingworkrateandconsumptionofoxygen,asaresultofincreased
extractionofoxygenbytheexercisingmuscles.Theby-productsofmyocytic
metabolism,includinghydrogen,carbondioxide,andlactate,alllowerthepH,
therebyshiftingtheoxygen-hemoglobindissociationcurvedownandrightward,
favoringincreasedunloadingofoxygenattheleveloftheexercisingmuscle.
Suchunloadingismorepronouncedathigherintensitiesofexercise,whenthe
concentrationofmetabolicby-productsisgreater.Thiswillbediscussedinmore
detaillater,intherelationshipbetweenconsumptionofoxygenandcardiac
output.
DistributionofBloodFlow
Forconsumptionofoxygentoincreaseduringexercise,itisessentialthat
cardiacoutputnotonlyincreasebutthatbloodflowispreferentiallyshuntedto
theexercisingmuscles(Fig.23.5).Atpeakexercise,bloodflowtoexercising
musclemaybe80%ormoreofthetotalcardiacoutput.Theredistributionof
bloodflowisachievedbyacombinationofautonomicandmetabolic
vasoregulatorymechanisms.18Exerciseisessentiallyastateofincreased
sympatheticnervoussystemtone,whichisregionallyoverriddenbymetabolic