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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Aaron Koshy, Dr Nduka Okwose, Dr Adam McDiarmid, Dr Gareth Parry, Dr Stephan Schueler, Professor Djordje JakovljevicORCiD, Dr Guy MacGowanORCiD
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Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc. PURPOSE: To determine parameters of exercise intolerance in a group of patients with HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device(HVAD) compared to a group of heart failure(HF)patients METHODS: This was a single-centre parallel prospective group-study.Echocardiograms,right heart catheterisation(RHC) and cardiopulmonary exercise tests were performed in 42patients admitted for a heart transplant assessment between August2017 and October2018:20 belonged to the HVAD group and 22 to the HF group RESULTS: HVADpatients had a better exercise capacity than HFpatients, although no significant differences were noted(14.0±5.0ml/kg/min vs 11.3±3.9ml/kg/min, p=0.06).To determine exercise tolerance,both HVAD and HFgroups were subdivided into 2 groups based on the median peakVO2.The table shows the comparison between preserved and non-preserved exercise tolerance in HF and HVADpatients. In the HVAD group,all resting RHC pressures were significantly lower in the preserved exercise capacity group.However,in HFpatients there were no statistically significant differences between both subgroups in right-sided pressures,but Thermodilution exercise-induced change in cardiac output(ΔCO) and cardiac index(ΔCI) was significantly higher in the patients with preserved exercise tolerance.In the HVADgroup the right ventricle was significantly larger in the reduced exercise tolerance subgroup.Patients with lower peakVO2 had more significant tricuspid regurgitation.Nevertheless,in HFpatients none of the echocardiographic parameters were related to the exercise capacity CONCLUSION: Right-sided parameters in the echocardiogram and RHC pressures discriminate between preserved and non-preserved exercise capacity in HVADpatients,but not in HFpatients.In these last patients only ΔCO and ΔCI were statistically correlated with peak exercise oxygen consumption.
Author(s): Bouzas-Cruz N, Gonzalez-Fernandez O, Koshy A, Okwose N, Woods A, Robinson-Smith N, Tovey S, McDiarmid A, Parry G, Schueler S, Jakovljevic D, MacGowan G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Year: 2020
Volume: 39
Issue: 4
Pages: S439-S439
Print publication date: 01/04/2020
Online publication date: 30/03/2020
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
ISSN (print): 1053-2498
ISSN (electronic): 1557-3117
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.245
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.245
PubMed id: 32465740
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