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Do heart failure patients exhibit different thermoeffector responses compared to controls at a fixed rate of heat production?
Do heart failure patients exhibit different thermoeffector responses compared to controls at a fixed rate of heat production?
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Heart failure patients demonstrate impaired internal heat distribution between the body core and periphery, leading to a greater rise in core temperature during heat production.
Collectively, these findings demonstrate that HF patients exhibit a blunted skin blood flow response, but no differences in sweating. Given that HF patients had similar body heat storage to that of CON at the same Hprod, their greater rise in core temperature can be attributed to a less uniform internal distribution of heat between the body core and periphery.
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