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Published on: August 24, 2019
[Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)to evaluate the efficacy after intensive control of personalized precise
Ya Song1,2,3, Xing-Guo Sun1,2,3, You-Hong Xie1,2,3
11. National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing 100037.
Insights
Personalized exercise training significantly improved cardiopulmonary function in patients with chronic diseases. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) objectively measured these gains, demonstrating enhanced peak oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Exercise Physiology
- Metabolic Diseases
Background:
- Chronic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic diseases significantly impair overall patient function.
- Objective evaluation of functional improvements is crucial for effective management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the impact of a 3-month personalized, intensive exercise program on the functional status of patients with chronic diseases.
- To utilize symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for objective functional evaluation.
Main Methods:
- 20 patients with chronic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic diseases underwent a 3-month personalized exercise intervention.
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was performed before and after the intervention to measure key physiological indicators.
- Individualized analysis of CPET data was conducted to track changes in exercise capacity.
Main Results:
- Significant improvements were observed in static pulmonary function, resting systolic blood pressure, rate-pressure product, and fasting blood glucose (P<0.05).
- Peak oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold increased significantly post-intervention (P<0.01), with average increases of 29% and 25%, respectively.
- Individual patient data showed consistent improvements, with 15 patients exhibiting enhancements across 8 core CPET indices.
Conclusions:
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provides a safe, objective, and quantitative method for assessing functional status and treatment efficacy.
- A 3-month individualized precision exercise program effectively improves and potentially reverses functional decline in patients with chronic cardio-cerebrovascular metabolic diseases.
Abstract:
Objective: To study the symptom-restricted extreme cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to evaluate the improvement of the overall function of patients with long-term chronic diseases after intensive control of personalized precise exercise training for 3 months. Methods: We selected 20 patients with chronic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic diseases who were intensively controlled by our team from 2014 to 2016. After signing the informed consent form, based on the results of CPET and continuous functional tests, we formulated the overall management plan with individualized moderate exercise intensity as the core. After 3 months, CPET was performed. The changes of CPET indicators before and after intensive control in each patient were analyzed individually. Then the difference value and percentage difference value were calculated. Results: In this study, 20 patients (18 males and 2 females) with chronic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic diseases, aged (55.75±10.80, 26~73) years, height (172.20±8.63, 153~190) cm, weight (76.35±15.63, 53~105) kg, all patients were not any dangerous events during the period of CPET and intensive control.①After intensive control, the static pulmonary function index, resting systolic blood pressure, rate blood pressure product and fasting blood glucose were significantly improved (P<0.05).②Before intensive control, the peak oxygen uptake is (55.60±15.69, 34.37~77.45) % pred and anaerobic threshold is (60.11±12.26, 43.29~80.63)% pred; after intensive control, the peak oxygen uptake is (71.85±21.04, 42.40~102.00) % pred and anaerobic threshold (74.95±17.03, 51.90~99.47) %pred. Compared with before the intensive control, the peak oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold of all patients after intensive control were significantly increased by (29.09±7.38,17.78~41.80) % and(25.16±18.38, 1.77~81.86)%(all P<0.01). Other core indexes were also improved significantly, including peak oxygen uptake,peak heart rate, peak work rate, oxygen uptake efficiency plateau, lowest value of carbon dioxide ventilatory efficiency, slope of ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide, ramp exercise duration(all P<0.01).③In terms of individualized analysis, after intensive control, the above 8 CPET core indexes were all improved in 15 cases, and 7 indexes in 5 cases were improved; the peak oxygen uptakeof all cases increased by more than 15%, 16 cases > 20%, 13 cases > 25%, 10 cases > 30%. Conclusion: CPET can safely, objectively and quantitatively evaluate the overall functional status and therapeutic effects, and guide the formulation of individualized precise exercise intensity. The overall plan of individualized precision exercise for three months can safely and effectively reverse the overall functional status of patients with long-term cardio-cerebrovascular metabolism diseases.
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