“…A recent study has reported that HFpEF patients have abnormal cardiovascular responses to isolated metaboreflex activation via post-exercise circulatory occlusion following forearm exercise compared with controls (Roberto et al, 2017). Recent studies have also found respiratory muscle and pulmonary system abnormalities in HFpEF patients including lower inspiratory muscle strength (which was related to higher exertional dyspnoea during low-intensity exercise), lower inspiratory muscle endurance, exaggerated cardiovascular responses to inspiratory muscle metaboreflex activation and higher work of breathing during exercise (Hammer et al, 2022;Villarraga et al, 2023;Warner et al, 2023). patients (e.g., Antunes-Correa et al, 2014;Chiappa et al, 2008;Piepoli et al, 1996;Smith & Taylor, 2022;Wang, Pan et al, 2010;Winkelmann et al, 2009).…”