[71. Float catheter and pulmonary work load hypertension in mitral valve defects and cor pulmonale]

In patients with mitral valvular defects as well as with chronic cor pulmonale there exists an ascertained relation between the pulmonary-arterial pressure in rest and the increase of blood pressure under easy physical load. Patients with high initial value or strong increase of blood pressure reveal a retarded return of the blood pressure of the pulmonary artery to the initial value.