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Comparative Study
Journal Article
Associations of Exercise Tolerance With Hemodynamic Parameters for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 2017 September
PURPOSE: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) are the main subgroups of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Despite differences in their etiologies, both diseases are characterized by vascular remodeling, resulting in progressive right heart failure. Noninvasive periodic evaluation of exercise tolerance has become increasingly important. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) are now both recommended for evaluating exercise tolerance, but there is insufficient knowledge about possible differences in the associations of exercise tolerance with right heart catheterization (RHC) data for patients with PAH and CTEPH.
METHODS: A retrospective study was performed with 57 patients with PH (24 with PAH and 33 with CTEPH) all of whom underwent echocardiography, CPET, 6MWT, and RHC.
RESULTS: For both patients with PAH and CTEPH, peak heart rate during CPET was significantly higher than that from 6MWT, whereas minimum peripheral oxygen saturation during CPET and 6MWT was similar. For patients with PAH, significant correlations were observed between peak (Equation is included in full-text article.)O2 and cardiac index (CI) (r = 0.59; P = .002) and between (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 slopes and CI (r =-0.46, P = .02), as well as a nonsignificant correlation tendency for peak (Equation is included in full-text article.)O2 and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and for (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 and PVR (r =-0.39; P = .05; and r = 0.39; P = .06, respectively). For patients with CTEPH, however, a significant correlation was observed only between (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 slopes and CI (r =-0.38; P = .02).
CONCLUSION: PH etiology should be considered when assessing exercise tolerance, whereas CPET can be effective in addition to hemodynamic assessment by means of RHC for periodic evaluation during followup.
METHODS: A retrospective study was performed with 57 patients with PH (24 with PAH and 33 with CTEPH) all of whom underwent echocardiography, CPET, 6MWT, and RHC.
RESULTS: For both patients with PAH and CTEPH, peak heart rate during CPET was significantly higher than that from 6MWT, whereas minimum peripheral oxygen saturation during CPET and 6MWT was similar. For patients with PAH, significant correlations were observed between peak (Equation is included in full-text article.)O2 and cardiac index (CI) (r = 0.59; P = .002) and between (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 slopes and CI (r =-0.46, P = .02), as well as a nonsignificant correlation tendency for peak (Equation is included in full-text article.)O2 and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and for (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 and PVR (r =-0.39; P = .05; and r = 0.39; P = .06, respectively). For patients with CTEPH, however, a significant correlation was observed only between (Equation is included in full-text article.)E/(Equation is included in full-text article.)CO2 slopes and CI (r =-0.38; P = .02).
CONCLUSION: PH etiology should be considered when assessing exercise tolerance, whereas CPET can be effective in addition to hemodynamic assessment by means of RHC for periodic evaluation during followup.
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