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Circulation, Vol 80, 1737-1746, Copyright © 1989 by American Heart Association

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Detecting abnormalities in left ventricular function during exercise by respiratory measurement

A Koike, H Itoh, K Taniguchi and M Hiroe
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.

The degree of exercise-induced cardiac dysfunction and its relation to the anaerobic threshold were evaluated in 23 patients with chronic heart disease. A symptom-limited exercise test was performed with a cycle ergometer with work rate increased by 1 W every 6 seconds. Left ventricular function, as reflected by ejection fraction, was continuously monitored with a computerized cadmium telluride detector after the intravenous injection of technetium-labeled red blood cells. The anaerobic threshold (mean, 727 +/- 166 ml/min) was determined by the noninvasive measurement of respiratory gas exchange. As work rate rose, the left ventricular ejection fraction increased but reached a peak value at the anaerobic threshold and then fell below resting levels. Ejection fraction at rest, anaerobic threshold, and peak exercise were 41.4 +/- 11.3%, 46.5 +/- 12.0%, and 37.2 +/- 11.0%, respectively. Stroke volume also increased from rest (54.6 +/- 17.0 ml/beat) to the point of the anaerobic threshold (65.0 +/- 21.2 ml/beat) and then decreased at peak exercise (52.4 +/- 18.7 ml/beat). The slope of the plot of cardiac output versus work rate decreased above the anaerobic threshold. The anaerobic threshold occurred at the work rate above which left ventricular function decreased during exercise. Accurate determination of the anaerobic threshold provides an objective, noninvasive measure of the oxygen uptake above which exercise-induced deterioration in left ventricular function occurs in patients with chronic heart disease.

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