Exercise Pathophysiology in Patients With Chronic Mountain Sickness

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作者
Groepenhoff, Herman [1 ]
Overbeek, Marieke J. [1 ]
Mule, Massimiliano [2 ]
van der Plas, Mart [3 ]
Argiento, Paola [4 ]
Villafuerte, Francisco C. [5 ,6 ]
Beloka, Sophia [7 ]
Faoro, Vitalie [7 ]
Macarlupu, Jose L. [5 ,6 ]
Guenard, Herve [8 ]
de Bisschop, Claire [9 ]
Martinot, Jean-Benoit [10 ]
Vanderpool, Rebecca [7 ]
Penaloza, Dante [5 ,6 ]
Naeije, Robert [7 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Dept Pulmonol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Catania, Dept Cardiol, Catania, Italy
[3] Onze Lieve Vrouw Hosp, Dept Resp Med, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Naples 2, Monaldi Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Naples, Italy
[5] Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Dept Med, Lima, Peru
[6] Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, High Altitude Res Inst, Lima, Peru
[7] Univ Libre Brussels, Fac Med, Dept Pathophysiol, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
[8] Univ Hosp Bordeaux, Dept Physiol, Bordeaux, France
[9] Univ Poitiers, Lab Physiol Adaptat Phys Act, Poitiers, France
[10] St Elizabeth Hosp, Dept Pneumol, Namur, Belgium
关键词
PULMONARY GAS-EXCHANGE; HIGH-ALTITUDE NATIVES; DIFFUSING-CAPACITY; VASCULAR-RESISTANCE; LUNG TRANSFER; SEA-LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; CIRCULATION; STANDARDIZATION; EXPOSURE;
D O I
10.1378/chest.11-2845
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is characterized by a combination of excessive erythrocytosis, severe hypoxemia, and pulmonary hypertension, all of which affect exercise capacity. Methods: Thirteen patients with CMS and 15 healthy highlander and 15 newcomer lowlander control subjects were investigated at an altitude of 4,350 m (Cerro de Pasco, Peru). All of them underwent measurements of diffusing capacity of lung for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide at rest, echocardiography for estimation of mean pulmonary arterial pressure and cardiac output at rest and at exercise, and an incremental cycle ergometer cardiopulmonary exercise test. Results: The patients with CMS, the healthy highlanders, and the newcomer lowlanders reached a similar maximal oxygen uptake at 32 +/- 1, 32 +/- 2, and 33 +/- 2 mL/min/kg, respectively, mean +/- SE (P = .8), with ventilatory equivalents for CO2 vs end-tidal P-CO2, measured at the anaerobic threshold, of 0.9 +/- 0.1, 1.2 +/- 0.1, and 1.4 +/- 0.1 mm Hg, respectively (P<.001); arterial oxygen content of 26 +/- 1, 21 +/- 2, and 16 +/- 1 mL/dL, respectively (P<.001); diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide corrected for alveolar volume of 155%+/- 4%, 150%+/- 5%, and 120%+/- 3% predicted, respectively (P<.001), with diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide ratios of 4.7 +/- 0.1 at sea level decreased to 3.6 +/- 0.1, 3.7 +/- 0.1, and 3.9 +/- 0.1, respectively (P<.05) and a maximal exercise mean pulmonary arterial pressure at 56 +/- 4, 42 +/- 3, and 31 +/- 2 mm Hg, respectively (P<.001). Conclusions: The aerobic exercise capacity of patients with CMS is preserved in spite of severe pulmonary hypertension and relative hypoventilation, probably by a combination of increased oxygen carrying capacity of the blood and lung diffusion, the latter being predominantly due to an increased capillary blood volume. CHEST 2012; 142(4):877-884
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