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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Impaired diastolic function has been described in healthy elderly subjects. Pulmonary blood volume (PBV) changes with exercise have been associated with left ventricular dysfunction, but not directly related to diastolic abnormalities. Exercise-induced relative changes in PBV were measured using gated blood pool imaging with count density comparisons over the lung in 20 healthy volunteers: 13 elderly, age 76 +/- 5 years and seven young, age 27 +/- 4 years. Serial (first exercise stage, peak exercise, and post exercise) PBV ratios were measured and correlated to peak early filling rate, peak late filling rate, and percent atrial filling obtained from the resting left ventricular time-activity curve analysis. PBV ratios tended to be higher in elderly subjects, but reached significance only at the first stage of exercise (1.04 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.93 +/- 0.10, p less than 0.01). Significant correlations were found between PBV ratios at first exercise stage and peak early filling rate (r = -0.64), peak late filling rate (r = 0.47), and percent atrial filling (r = 0.48). A significant correlation was found between PBV changes at peak exercise and resting diastolic parameters. Exercise-induced PBV changes are associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction at rest. Diastolic abnormalities of the aged heart may explain the differential PBV response early into exercise between young and elderly healthy subjects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0160-9289
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Exercise-induced pulmonary blood volume changes and diastolic dysfunction of the aged heart.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't