Transient oxygen uptake response to exercise characterizes functional capacity of the cardiocirculatory system in patients with chronic heart failure: a random stimulus approach |
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Authors: | Hiroshi Takaki Kenji Sunagawa Masaru Sugimachi Yasushi Hara Toru Kawada Takashi Kurita and Yoichi Goto |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Centre Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | The transient response of oxygen uptake (V˙O2) to submaximal exercise, known to be abnormal in patients with cardiovascular disorders, can be useful in assessing the functional
status of the cardiocirculatory system, however, a method for evaluating it accurately has not yet been established. As an
alternative approach to the conventional test at constant exercise intensity, we applied a random stimulus technique that
has been shown to provide relatively noise immune responses of system being investigated. In 27 patients with heart failure
and 24 age-matched control subjects, we imposed cycle exercise at 50 W intermittently according to a pseudo-random binary
(exercise-rest) sequence, while measuring breath-by-breath V˙O2. After determining the transfer function relating exercise intensity (W˙) to V˙O2 and attenuating the high frequency ranges (>6 exercise-rest cycles · min−1), we computed the high resolution band-limited (0–6 cycles · min−1) V˙O2 response (0–120 s) to a hypothetical step exercise. The V˙O2 response showed a longer time constant in the patients than in the control subjects 47 (SD 37) and 31 (SD 8) s, respectively,
P < 0.05]. Furthermore, the amplitude of the V˙O2 response after the initial response was shown to be significantly smaller in the patients than in the control subjects 176
(SD 50) and 267 (SD 54) ml · min−1 at 120 s]. The average amplitude over 120 s correlated well with peak V˙O2 (r = 0.73) and ΔV˙O2/ΔW˙ (r = 0.70), both of which are well-established indexes of exercise tolerance. The data indicated that our band-limited V˙O2
step response using random exercise was more markedly attenuated and delayed in the patients with heart failure than in the normal controls
and that it could be useful in quantifying the overall functional status of the cardiocirculatory system.
Accepted: 6 January 1998 |
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Keywords: | : Exercise Heart failure Oxygen uptake Transient response |
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