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End-tidal PCO2 abnormality and exercise limitation in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.

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OBJECTIVES:Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a pulmonary vasculopathy resulting in exercise intolerance, usually due to dyspnea. We hypothesized that ventilation is increased during exercise in PPH relative to normal because the ventilated lung is underperfused, cardiac output increase is restricted, and arterial hypoxemia may develop. Our aim was to determine the size of the reduction in end-tidal Pco(2) (Petco(2)) as a reflection of the abnormality in ventilatory efficiency and ventilatory drive in PPH patients. METHODS:We performed cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in 52 PPH patients. All had hemodynamic measurements to confirm the diagnosis of PPH. A subgroup of 29 patients who underwent right-heart catheterization within 50 days of CPET were studied to compare their CPET responses to resting hemodynamics. Nine healthy volunteers matched for age and gender served as CPET control subjects. RESULTS:In PPH patients, the percentage of predicted peak oxygen uptake (Vo(2)) correlated significantly with mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) [r = - 0.59, p = 0.0007, n = 29]. Petco(2) values at rest, anaerobic threshold (AT), and peak Vo(2) were proportionately reduced as percentage of predicted peak Vo(2) decreased (r = 0.66 to 0.72, p < 0.0001, n = 52). Petco(2) values at rest, AT, and peak Vo(2) were also reduced as mPAP increased (r = - 0.51 to - 0.53, p < 0.005, n = 29). In contrast to normal subjects in whom Petco(2) increased from rest to AT, Petco(2) decreased in PPH patients, except for two patients with mild PPH in whom there was no change. Also, Petco(2) increased rather than decreased further at the start of recovery, in contrast to normal. Although usually normal at rest, oxyhemoglobin saturation decreased during exercise in most PPH patients. CONCLUSIONS:In patients with PPH, Petco(2) at rest and exercise is significantly reduced in proportion to physiologic disease severity. The range of values is unusually low. Furthermore, the directional changes of Petco(2) during exercise and early recovery are in the opposite direction of normal.

journal_name

Chest

journal_title

Chest

authors

Yasunobu Y,Oudiz RJ,Sun XG,Hansen JE,Wasserman K

doi

10.1378/chest.127.5.1637

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-05-01 00:00:00

pages

1637-46

issue

eissn

0012-3692

issn

1931-3543

pii

S0012-3692(15)34731-0

journal_volume

127

pub_type

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End-tidal PCO2 abnormality and exercise limitation in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.