Locomotor Muscle Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Hypertension. 2021 Dec;78(6):1750-1759. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17875. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

Michael A Francisco^#^{1

2}, Joshua F Lee^#^{1

2}, Zachary Barrett-O'Keefe^{3

2}, H Jonathan Groot^{3

2}, Stephen M Ratchford^{2

4}, Kanokwan Bunsawat¹, Jeremy K Alpenglow², John J Ryan¹, Jose N Nativi¹, Russell S Richardson^{1

3

2}, D Walter Wray^{1

3

2}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
² Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.).
³ Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology (Z.B.-O., H.J.G., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
⁴ Department of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (S.M.R.).

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

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Keywords: biomarkers; heart failure; hyperemia; inflammation; muscles.