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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Vascular Physiology

Background:

  • Mean pulmonary artery pressure (P(pa)) during exercise is age-related.
  • Hemodynamic correlates of exercise P(pa) in individuals without pulmonary hypertension (PH) require further documentation.
  • Pulmonary vascular disease screening often involves exercise testing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document hemodynamic correlates of exercise-induced P(pa) in patients without PH.
  • To identify predictors of elevated exercise P(pa) in a younger (<50 yrs) population undergoing investigation for pulmonary vascular disease.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective study of 99 patients investigated for possible pulmonary vascular disease.
  • Included 38 patients aged <50 years, free of PH, who underwent right heart catheterization at rest and during supine exercise (up to 60 W).
  • Defined upper limit of normal exercise P(pa) as 30 mmHg.

Main Results:

  • 24 patients (63%) developed exercise P(pa) >30 mmHg.
  • These patients had higher resting P(pa) (19±3 vs 15±4 mmHg) and indexed pulmonary vascular resistance (PVRi; 3.4±1.5 vs 2.2±1.1 WU·m(2)) than those with normal exercise response (p<0.05).
  • Resting P(pa) >15 mmHg predicted exercise P(pa) >30 mmHg with 88% sensitivity and 57% specificity; patients with resting P(pa) 22-24 mmHg invariably exceeded 30 mmHg during exercise.

Conclusions:

  • In individuals <50 yrs without PH, elevated exercise P(pa) is associated with higher resting P(pa) and PVRi.
  • No specific resting P(pa) threshold reliably predicted a normal exercise response.
  • Further long-term follow-up studies are needed to determine the clinical relevance of these findings.