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Serial measurements of exercise performance in pediatric heart transplant patients using stress echocardiography
- Source :
- Pediatric Transplantation. 15:265-271
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2011.
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Abstract
- Yeung JP, Human DG, Sandor GGS, De Souza AM, Potts JE. Serial measurements of exercise performance in pediatric heart transplant patients using stress echocardiography. Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15: 265–271. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: Heart transplantation is an increasingly acceptable therapeutic option for children with end-stage and complex congenital heart disease. With advances in surgery, immunosuppression, and follow-up care, functional outcomes need to be evaluated. We report the results of serial exercise testing performed using stress echocardiography in a cohort of pediatric HTP. HTP (n = 7) exercised on a semi-recumbent ergometer to volitional fatigue. Echocardiography-Doppler measurements, HR, and blood pressure were taken at rest and during staged exercise. Results were compared with healthy CON (n = 12). HTP did significantly less work during exercise (940 vs. 1218 J/kg, p
- Subjects :
- Cardiac function curve
Heart transplantation
Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Hemodynamics
Immunosuppression
Surgery
Contractility
Blood pressure
Internal medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Stress Echocardiography
medicine
Cardiology
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 13973142
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........606de9bcf14959e4bf8d31abef1f30dd