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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Respiratory muscle strength and endurance is reduced in patients with congestive heart failure, making these patients susceptible to diaphragmatic fatigue during exercise. In order to determine whether or not contractile fatigue of the diaphragm occurs in patients with congestive heart failure following intense exercise, twitch transdiaphragmatic pressures (twitch Ptdi) were measured during unpotentiated and potentiated cervical magnetic stimulation (CMS) of the phrenic nerves before and at intervals after cycle endurance exercise. Ten patients aged 65.7+/-6.0 yrs (mean+/-SD) with an ejection fraction of 31.2+/-9.8% performed a constant-load symptom-limited exercise test at 60% of their peak work capacity. Twitch Ptdi at baseline were 15.9+/-6.3 cmH2O (unpotentiated CMS) and 28.8+/-10.7 cmH2O (potentiated CMS) and at 10 min postexercise were 16.4+/-4.7 cmH2O (unpotentiated CMS) and 27.6+/-10.1 cmH2O (potentiated CMS). One patient demonstrated a sustained fall in twitch Ptdi of > or = 15%, considered potentially indicative of diaphragmatic fatigue. Contractile diaphragmatic fatigue is uncommon in untrained patients with congestive heart failure following high-intensity constant-workload cycle exercise. Therefore, diaphragmatic fatigue is an unlikely cause of exercise-limitation during activities of daily living in heart failure patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0903-1936
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1399-405
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Diaphragmatic function after intense exercise in congestive heart failure patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Dept of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA. thomas.kufel@med.va.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't