| Use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing with hemodynamic monitoring in the prognostic assessment of ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure. | |
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PMID: 10091820 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: We studied whether direct assessment of the hemodynamic response to exercise could improve the prognostic evaluation of patients with heart failure (HF) and identify those in whom the main cause of the reduced functional capacity is related to extracardiac factors. BACKGROUND: Peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2) is one of the main prognostic variables in patients with HF, but it is influenced also by many extracardiac factors. METHODS: Bicycle cardiopulmonary exercise testing with hemodynamic monitoring was performed, in addition to clinical evaluation and radionuclide ventriculography, in 219 consecutive patients with chronic HF (left ventricular ejection fraction, 22 +/- 7%; peak VO2, 14.2 +/- 4.4 ml/kg/min). RESULTS: During a follow-up of 19 +/- 25 months, 32 patients died and 6 underwent urgent transplantation with a 71% cumulative major event-free 2-year survival. Peak exercise stroke work index (SWI) was the most powerful prognostic variable selected by Cox multivariate analysis, followed by serum sodium and left ventricular ejection fraction, for one-year survival, and peak VO2 and serum sodium for two-year survival. Two-year survival was 54% in the patients with peak exercise SWI < or = 30 g x m/m2 versus 91% in those with a SWI >30 g x m/m2 (p < 0.0001). A significant percentage of patients (41%) had a normal cardiac output response to exercise with an excellent two-year survival (87% vs. 58% in the others) despite a relatively low peak VO2 (15.1 +/- 4.7 ml/kg/min). CONCLUSIONS: Direct assessment of exercise hemodynamics in patients with HF provides additive independent prognostic information, compared to traditional noninvasive data. |
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Authors:
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M Metra; P Faggiano; A D'Aloia; S Nodari; A Gualeni; D Raccagni; L Dei Cas |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 33 ISSN: 0735-1097 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 1999 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-04-07 Completed Date: 1999-04-07 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 943-50 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Cattedra di Cardiologia, Universitá di Brescia, Italy. deicas@master.cci.unibs.it |
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Adult Aged Ambulatory Care* Cardiac Output / physiology Exercise Test / instrumentation* Female Heart Failure / diagnosis*, mortality, physiopathology Heart Transplantation / physiology Hemodynamics / physiology* Humans Male Middle Aged Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation* Oxygen Consumption / physiology Prognosis Survival Rate Ventricular Function, Left / physiology |
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