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Maximal exercise testing for the selection of heart transplantation candidates: limitation of peak oxygen consumption.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Peak exercise oxygen consumption (peak VO2), which is considered an indicator of prognosis in advanced heart failure, is currently being used as a major criterion in many centers for the selection of candidates for heart transplantation. Available studies suggest that patients with peak VO2 < 14 mL/min/kg have improved survival and significant functional benefit with transplantation. Since patients may terminate symptom-limited exercise tests for a variety of reasons, peak VO2 does not necessarily reflect maximal VO2, leading to the possibility of inappropriate selection for transplantation. Therefore, we investigated the proportion of transplant candidates referred for exercise testing considered to have achieved maximal results from studies. METHODS:Fifty-five patients with heart failure, aged 51+/-9 years, (mean +/- SD) underwent maximum symptom-limited exercise tests on a cycle ergometer utilizing a Jones stage 1 incremental protocol. Tests were considered maximal if subjects achieved peak heart rate (HR) > 85% predicted ("cardiocirculatory limitation") or peak minute ventilation (VE) > 85% predicted ("ventilatory limitation"), and achieved an anaerobic threshold (AT) by noninvasive measures. RESULTS:Seven tests were terminated because of chest pain, ST-segment abnormalities, or ventricular arrhythmias. Of the remaining 48 studies, the reasons for stopping exercise were leg fatigue in 52%, dyspnea in 16%, and both symptoms in 23%. Sixteen of the 48 patients (33%) had peak VO2 < 14 mL/min/kg. In 8 of these 16 patients, both peak HR and VE were < 85% predicted. Of these eight without apparent HR or ventilatory limitation, none had oxygen desaturation below 90% or fall in BP, two were in atrial fibrillation, and only three had evidence that an AT was achieved. CONCLUSIONS:Among the patients with peak VO2 < 14 mL/min/kg, there were no objective signs of a cardiocirculatory or a respiratory limitation to exercise in half of them, and 31% did not achieve an AT either, thus not meeting any criteria to support evidence of maximal exercise. Exercise tests without objective evidence of cardiocirculatory or ventilatory limitation may not represent maximal performance. Consequently, peak VO2 may misclassify an appreciable proportion of candidates if the test results are submaximal. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS:Clinical exercise studies indicating low peak VO2 must be interpreted in the context of whether a defined objective exercise limitation is evident to avoid biasing the selection of heart transplant candidates.

journal_name

Chest

journal_title

Chest

authors

Ramos-Barbón D,Fitchett D,Gibbons WJ,Latter DA,Levy RD

doi

10.1378/chest.115.2.410

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-02-01 00:00:00

pages

410-7

issue

eissn

0012-3692

issn

1931-3543

pii

S0012-3692(15)50584-9

journal_volume

115

pub_type

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Maximal exercise testing for the selection of heart transplantation candidates: limitation of peak oxygen consumption.