EXERCISE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION - HEMODYNAMIC AND METABOLIC EFFECTS
EXERCISE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION - HEMODYNAMIC AND METABOLIC EFFECTS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.78.3.506
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发表时间:
1988-09-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
COBB, FR
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作者:
SULLIVAN, MJ;HIGGINBOTHAM, MB;COBB, FR
We studied the effects of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure attributed to left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction, 24 .+-. 10%). Twelve ambulatory patients with stable symptoms underwent 4-6 months of conditioning by exercising 4.1 .+-. 0.6 hr/wk at a heart rate corresponding to 75% of peak oxygen consumption. Before and after training, patients underwent maximal bicycle exercise testing with direct measurement of central hemodynamic, leg blood flow, and metabolic responses. Exercise training resulted in a decrease in heart rate at rest and submaximal exercise and a 23% increase in peak oxygen consumption from 16.8 .+-. 3.8 to 20.6 .+-. 4.7 ml/kg/min (p < 0.01). Heart rate, arterial lactate, and respiratory exchange ratio were unchanged peak exercise after training. Maximal cardiac output tended to increase from 8.9 .+-. 2.7 to 9.9 .+-. 3.2 1/min and contributed to improved peak oxygen consumption in some patients, although this change did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.13). Rest and exercise measurements of left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end-diastolic volume, and left ventricular end-systolic volume were unchanged. Right atrial, pulmonary arterial, pulmonary capillary wedge, and systemic arterial pressures were not different after training. Training induced several important peripheral adaptations that contributed to improved exercise performance. At peak exercise, systemic arteriovenous oxygen difference increased from 13.1 .+-. 1.4 to 14.6 .+-. 2.3 ml/dl (p < 0.05). This increase was associated with an increase in peak-exercise leg blood flow from 2.5 .+-. 0.7 to 3.0 .+-. 0.8 l/min (p < 0.01) and an increase in leg arteriovenous oxygen difference from 14.5 .+-. 1.3 to 16.1 .+-. 1.9 ml/dl (p = 0.07). Arterial and femoral venous lactate levels were markedly reduced during submaximal exercise after training, even though cardiac output and leg blood flow were unchanged at these workloads. Thus, ambulatory patients with chronich heart failure can achieve a significant training effect from long-term exercise. Peripheral adaptations, including an increase in peak blood flow to the exercising leg, played an important role in improving exercise tolerance. The finding that blood lactate at submaximal exercise were reduced without improvements in cardiac output suggests that in patients with chronic heart failure, peripheral metabolic or vascular factors are important in determining the onset of lactate production and may, independent of central hemodynamics, influence exercise tolerance.