Kim Hyun Joong, Park Seung Woo, Cho Byung Ryul, Hong Sun Hee, Park Pyo Won, Hong Kyung Pyo
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-170, Korea.
Korean J Intern Med. 2003 Mar;18(1):35-9. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2003.18.1.35.
We evaluated the efficacy of the cardiopulmonary exercise test as an objective indicator of functional status and as a pre-operative prognostic indicator in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) and aortic regurgitation (AR).
Cardiopulmonary exercise tests and echocardiography were performed in 47 patients (MR: 30, AR: 15, MR + AR: 2) before surgery and repeated one year after surgery. We compared the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, peak oxygen consumption rate (VO2peak), exercise duration, left ventricular dimension and ejection fraction, before and after surgery.
Initial VO2peak and exercise duration were significantly different according to NYHA class. A year later, NYHA functional class improved from 2.1 +/- 0.1 to 1.4 +/- 0.1 (p < 0.001). The VO2peak was significantly increased (21.7 +/- 1.0 to 23.7 +/- 1.0 mL/kg per min, p = 0.008) and exercise duration also increased (521.7 +/- 35.9 to 623.3 +/- 35.7 seconds, p < 0.001). When patients were analysed according to their post-operative NYHA functional class, those with class I showed significantly different pre-operative VO2peak (class I: 23.7 +/- 1.1, II: 18.3 +/- 1.5 mL/kg per min, p = 0.005) and exercise durations (class I: 587.5 +/- 43.2, II: 415.6 +/- 55.7 seconds, p = 0.02). Patients with higher pre-operative VO2peak (19.0 mL/kg per min) more frequently became NYHA functional class I than those with a lower pre-operative VO2peak (76.7% vs. 35.3%, p = 0.02). But baseline left ventricular dimension and ejection fraction by echocardiography were not different between post-operative class I and II group.
VO2peak and exercise duration are excellent parameters to evaluate the subjective functional class and to predict the post-operative functional class of patients with MR and/or AR. Patients with a pre-operative VO2peak of 19.0 mL/kg per min or more will have a better functional status one year after surgery.
我们评估了心肺运动试验作为二尖瓣反流(MR)和主动脉瓣反流(AR)患者功能状态的客观指标以及术前预后指标的有效性。
对47例患者(MR:30例,AR:15例,MR + AR:2例)在手术前进行了心肺运动试验和超声心动图检查,并在术后一年重复进行。我们比较了手术前后纽约心脏协会(NYHA)的心功能分级、峰值耗氧率(VO2peak)、运动持续时间、左心室尺寸和射血分数。
初始VO2peak和运动持续时间根据NYHA分级有显著差异。一年后,NYHA心功能分级从2.1±0.1改善至1.4±0.1(p < 0.001)。VO2peak显著增加(从21.7±1.0增至23.7±1.0 mL/kg每分钟,p = 0.008),运动持续时间也增加(从521.7±35.9增至623.3±35.7秒,p < 0.001)。当根据患者术后NYHA心功能分级进行分析时,I级患者术前VO2peak有显著差异(I级:23.7±1.1,II级:18.3±1.5 mL/kg每分钟,p = 0.005),运动持续时间也有差异(I级:587.5±43.2,II级:415.6±55.7秒,p = 0.02)。术前VO2peak较高(19.0 mL/kg每分钟)的患者比术前VO2peak较低的患者更频繁地成为NYHA I级心功能(76.7%对35.3%,p = 0.02)。但超声心动图检查的基线左心室尺寸和射血分数在术后I级和II级组之间没有差异。
VO2peak和运动持续时间是评估MR和/或AR患者主观功能分级以及预测术后功能分级的优秀参数。术前VO2peak为19.0 mL/kg每分钟或更高的患者术后一年将具有更好的功能状态。