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(Circulation. 2001;104:963.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Current Perspective

Coordinated Adaptation of Oxygen Transport in Cardiopulmonary Disease

Connie C.W. Hsia, MD

From the Dept of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Tex.

Correspondence to Connie C.W. Hsia, MD, Dept of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9034. E-mail Connie.Hsia@utsouthwestern.edu

Key Words: heart failure • oxygen • cardiovascular diseases • lung • hypoxia • exercise • remodeling

	Introduction

 
In chronic cardiopulmonary disease, functional impairment develops in all oxygen transport organs, regardless of the specific cause of the disease. Some abnormalities, such as pulmonary edema in heart failure or right ventricular failure in destructive lung disease, are direct consequences of the primary pathological process. Others, such as skeletal muscle dysfunction that cannot be fully ascribed to edema, electrolyte imbalance, or exogenous medication or fully reversed by physical training or supplemental oxygen, seem paradoxical and resemble changes during acclimatization to high altitude. To understand these secondary responses, the lung-heart muscle axis must be considered as an integrated unit. Then, it becomes apparent that oxygen transport is regulated like any other metabolic pathway, whether organized at a systemic, organ, cellular, or subcellular level, and it follows established principles of metabolic control. Of particular importance is the concept of coordinated adaptation, where a single disturbance in a multistep pathway triggers adaptation in other steps to seek new levels of functional equilibrium within the constraints imposed by the primary disorder. This article discusses (1) fundamental principles of metabolic control, (2) adaptive mechanisms in oxygen transport, (3) coordinated adaptation as a unifying concept to explain diverse secondary responses in disturbed oxygen transport and how seemingly paradoxical responses may, in fact, be beneficial if the underlying physiology is understood, and (4) clinical application of this concept to therapy.

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