Abstract
Background
In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) the relationship between hemodynamic
impairment experienced during daily activity and that during exercise testing is not
known.
Methods and Results
Ten PAH patients received an implantable hemodynamic monitor that continuously recorded
and stored right ventricular systolic (RVSP) and mean pulmonary arterial (MPAP) pressures.
Before starting a new PAH treatment (baseline) and after 12 weeks on treatment, a
6-minute walk test (6MWT) and a maximal walk test (MAXWT) were performed. Exercise
pressure range was measured as the difference between rest before exercise and maximal
pressure during 6MWT or MAXWT. Ambulatory range (AMB) was measured as the difference
between the lowest (4th percentile) and highest (96th percentile) values recorded
over 24 hours. One week of AMBs were averaged for each patient before each exercise
test. Mean age was 54 ±18 years, 9 were female, and all were in World Health Organization
functional class III. At baseline, RVSP and MPAP increased, respectively, 136 ± 49%
and 164 ± 49% during AMB, 63 ± 26% and 79 ± 30% during MAXWT, and 59 ± 32% and 69
± 33% during 6MWT. There was no difference in pressure change at 12 weeks.
Conclusions
Changes in RV and PA pressures during exercise tests were relatively small compared
with the range seen during ambulatory conditions.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 08, 2014
Accepted:
April 30,
2014
Received in revised form:
April 27,
2014
Received:
May 14,
2013
Footnotes
Funding: Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This manuscript represents results from a clinical trial that was begun before July 1, 2005, and therefore is not registered.
See page 491 for disclosure information.
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