Association Between Hemodynamic Profile, Physical Capacity and Quality of Life in Pulmonary Hypertension

Autor: Diego de Faria Magalhães Torres, Walter Araujo Zin, Agnaldo José Lopes, Patrícia dos Santos Vigário, Marcelo Iorio Garcia, Daniel Waetge, Marcelo Luiz da Silva Bandeira, Luiz Gustavo Pignataro Bessa, Fernando Silva Guimarães
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 104, Iss 5, Pp 387-393 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4170
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20150012
Popis: Background: No studies have described and evaluated the association between hemodynamics, physical limitations and quality of life in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) without concomitant cardiovascular or respiratory disease. Objective: To describe the hemodynamic profile, quality of life and physical capacity of patients with PH from groups I and IV and to study the association between these outcomes. Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients with PH from clinical groups I and IV and functional classes II and III undergoing the following assessments: hemodynamics, exercise tolerance and quality of life. Results: This study assessed 20 patients with a mean age of 46.8 ± 14.3 years. They had pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 10.5 ± 3.7 mm Hg, 6-minute walk distance test (6MWDT) of 463 ± 78 m, oxygen consumption at peak exercise of 12.9 ± 4.3 mLO2.kg-1.min-1 and scores of quality of life domains < 60%. There were associations between cardiac index (CI) and ventilatory equivalent for CO2 (r=-0.59, p
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