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Response to upright exercise after cardiac transplantation. 1994

T W Martin, and J Gaucher, and L E Pupa, and J F Seaworth
Cardiology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

There is little information on the hemodynamic response to upright exercise in patients who have undergone cardiac transplantation. We compared the hemodynamic and metabolic response to upright bicycle exercise in 11 patients with heart transplants and 12 controls. Patients performed two tests--a steady-state test with a right heart catheter and a maximal incremental test. During steady-state exercise at 20% of their predicted maximum workload, patients with heart transplants had a higher (mean +/- SD, p < 0.05) heart rate (108 +/- 11 vs. 96 +/- 15 beats/min), mean systemic blood pressure (116 +/- 17 vs. 101 +/- 11 mmHg), mean pulmonary artery pressure (29 +/- 9 vs. 22 +/- 3 mmHg), mean pulmonary wedge pressure (14 +/- 6 vs. 9 +/- 2), pulmonary (302 +/- 101 vs. 220 +/- 50 d-sec-cm-5-m2) and systemic (2049 +/- 531 vs. 1459 +/- 520) resistance indices, and lactate concentration (3.4 +/- 1.7 vs. 1.7 +/- 0.4 mmol/l), and a lower stroke index (39 +/- 8 vs. 50 +/- 8 ml/m2) compared with controls. Cardiac index, right atrial pressure, and mixed venous oxygen saturation were similar. During the maximal exercise test, patients with heart transplants achieved a significantly lower percentage of predicted maximum heart rate (77 +/- 13 vs. 91 +/- 8%), workload (70 +/- 25 vs. 102 +/- 23%), oxygen consumption (63 +/- 11 vs. 108 +/- 19%), and ventilation (67 +/- 18 vs. 89 +/- 15%) compared with controls. Heart transplant patients also had a lower blood pressure and anaerobic threshold. We conclude that heart transplant patients have an altered hemodynamic and metabolic response to upright bicycle exercise.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010101 Oxygen Consumption The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346) Consumption, Oxygen,Consumptions, Oxygen,Oxygen Consumptions
D011652 Pulmonary Circulation The circulation of the BLOOD through the LUNGS. Pulmonary Blood Flow,Respiratory Circulation,Circulation, Pulmonary,Circulation, Respiratory,Blood Flow, Pulmonary,Flow, Pulmonary Blood,Pulmonary Blood Flows
D005260 Female Females
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013318 Stroke Volume The amount of BLOOD pumped out of the HEART per beat, not to be confused with cardiac output (volume/time). It is calculated as the difference between the end-diastolic volume and the end-systolic volume. Ventricular Ejection Fraction,Ventricular End-Diastolic Volume,Ventricular End-Systolic Volume,Ejection Fraction, Ventricular,Ejection Fractions, Ventricular,End-Diastolic Volume, Ventricular,End-Diastolic Volumes, Ventricular,End-Systolic Volume, Ventricular,End-Systolic Volumes, Ventricular,Fraction, Ventricular Ejection,Fractions, Ventricular Ejection,Stroke Volumes,Ventricular Ejection Fractions,Ventricular End Diastolic Volume,Ventricular End Systolic Volume,Ventricular End-Diastolic Volumes,Ventricular End-Systolic Volumes,Volume, Stroke,Volume, Ventricular End-Diastolic,Volume, Ventricular End-Systolic,Volumes, Stroke,Volumes, Ventricular End-Diastolic,Volumes, Ventricular End-Systolic

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