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  • Hydraulic force, a new mechanism that supports diastolic filling in the heart, is measured through the difference in short-axis areas between the left ventricle and atrium during heart cycles.
  • The study aimed to see how this area difference (AVAD) changes from rest to exercise in both sedentary individuals and athletes by using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).
  • Findings showed that AVAD increased during moderate exercise, enhancing diastolic filling, but did not show further increase during vigorous exercise; athletes maintained stable AVAD while sedentary controls saw a decrease with higher intensity activities.

Article Abstract

Hydraulic force, a novel mechanism shown to aid diastolic filling, can be calculated by assessing the geometrical relationship between the left ventricular and atrial short-axis areas (atrioventricular area difference, AVAD) (Maksuti E, Carlsson M, Arheden H, Kovács SJ, Broomé M, Ugander M. 7: 43505-43510, 2017; Steding-Ehrenborg K, Hedström E, Carlsson M, Maksuti E, Broomé M, Ugander M, Magnusson M, Smith JG, Arheden H. 130: 993-1000, 2021). During exercise both ventricular and atrial volumes change due to altered loading conditions compared with rest, but it is unknown to what extent this affects AVAD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether AVAD differs when going from rest to exercise in sedentary controls and athletes. We included 13 sedentary controls and 20 endurance athletes to undergo cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging at rest and during moderate and vigorous exercise using a CMR-compatible ergometer. AVAD was calculated as the largest ventricular short-axis area minus the largest atrial short-axis area in end-diastole (ED) and end-systole (ES) as measured from CMR short-axis images. AVAD in ED increased during moderate exercise in both sedentary controls and athletes, thus aiding diastolic filling, but did not increase further during vigorous exercise. AVAD in ES was negative in both groups at rest and decreased further with increasing exercise intensity in sedentary controls, whereas athletes remained unchanged. In conclusion, results from AVAD in ED indicate the net hydraulic force to further augment diastolic filling during moderate exercise when compared with rest, providing new insights into the mechanism by which diastolic function increases during exercise. This study is the first to assess hydraulic force during exercise, a novel mechanism shown to augment diastolic filling at rest. Our results indicate hydraulic force to further aid in diastolic filling during moderate exercise compared with rest in athletes and sedentary controls, providing new insights into the mechanism by which the left ventricle increases diastolic function during exercise.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00446.2024DOI Listing

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