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Reduced confounding by impaired ventilatory function with oxygen uptake efficiency slope and VE/VCO2 slope rather than peak oxygen consumption to assess exercise physiology in suspected heart failure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21091610     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Heart failure and ventilatory disease often coexist; both create abnormalities in cardiopulmonary exercise test measurements. The authors evaluated the relative dependency of a well-recognized index of heart failure, peak oxygen consumption (VO(2)), and 2 newer indices, the minute ventilation (VE)/carbon dioxide production (VCO(2)) slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES), on standard markers of impaired cardiac and ventilatory function. One hundred twenty-four patients (median age, 65.8; range, 22.6-84.9), with functional limitation from clinical heart failure were exercised. Peak VO(2) was 17.14 ± 7.58 mL/kg/min, VE/VCO(2) slope 50.1 ± 20.1, OUES 1.46 ± 0.68 L/min, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1) ) 1.88 ± 0.75 L. Peak VO(2) is substantially more sensitive to FEV(1) than ejection fraction (4.0 mL/kg/min difference between above- and below-median FEV(1) and 1.5 mL/kg/min between above- and below-median ejection fraction). OUES does not share this peculiar excess sensitivity to FEV(1) (0.12 L/min difference between above- and below-median FEV(1) and 0.01 L/min between above- and below-median ejection fraction). VE/VCO(2) slope has a borderline effect by FEV(1) (7.07 difference between above- and below-median FEV(1) and 2.07 between above- and below-median ejection fraction). Although widely used as a marker of heart failure severity, peak VO(2) is very sensitive to spirometry status and is indeed more affected by FEV(1) than by ejection fraction. OUES in contrast does not show this preferential sensitivity to impaired FEV(1).
Authors:
Anthony J Barron; Katharine I Medlow; Alberto Giannoni; Beth Unsworth; Andrew J S Coats; Jamil Mayet; Luke S Howard; Darrel P Francis
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.)     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1751-7133     ISO Abbreviation:  Congest Heart Fail     Publication Date:    2010 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9714174     Medline TA:  Congest Heart Fail     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  259-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London and Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. anthonybarron@hotmail.co.uk
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
FS⁄04⁄079//British Heart Foundation

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