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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of sinus conversion after mitral commissurotomy on the exercise performance of patients with mitral stenosis (MS) and atrial fibrillation (Af). Electric cardioversion was attempted 10 days after successful balloon mitral commissurotomy in 32 patients with MS and Af. Both symptom-limited exercise tests with respiratory gas analysis and constant workload exercise tests with echo-Doppler examinations were performed before, five days and three months after mitral commissurotomy, and five days after successful sinus conversion. The balloon commissurotomy attenuated the increase in transmitral pressure gradient during exercise. However, no significant increase either in peak oxygen uptake (PVO2) or stroke volume were observed even three months after commissurotomy in patients with persistent Af. Sinus conversion was successful in 17 patients and PVO2 increased from 21.4 +/- 4.1 to 23.4 +/- 4.0 ml/min/kg (p < 0.01). The extent of the increase in PVO2 was related to the atrial contribution in transmitral flow (R2 = 0.39, y = 0.81x + 1.2). Sinus rhythm was maintained for three months in 14 of 17 patients. Increased PVO2 was also preserved in these patients. These results suggest that the sinus conversion after mitral commissurotomy has an effect on the exercise performance of patients with MS and Af.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0966-8519
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Atrial Fibrillation, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Atrial Function, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Balloon Dilation, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Cardiac Output, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Electric Countershock, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Exercise Test, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Mitral Valve, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Mitral Valve Stenosis, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Oxygen Consumption, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Physical Exertion, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Stroke Volume, pubmed-meshheading:7719499-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Increase in peak oxygen uptake by restoration of atrial contraction in patients after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article