Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise in chronic mountain sickness
Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is an important public health problem and is characterized by exaggerated hypoxemia, erythrocytosis, and pulmonary hypertension. While pulmonary hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CMS, it is relatively mild and its underlying mechanisms are not known. We speculated that during mild exercise associated with daily activities, pulmonary hypertension in CMS is much more pronounced. Methods: We estimated pulmonary artery pressure by using echocardiography at rest and during mild bicycle exercise at 50 W in 30 male patients with CMS and 32 age-matched, healthy control subjects who were born and living at an altitude of 3,600 m. Results: The modest, albeit significant difference of the systolic right-ventricular-to-right-atrial pressure gradient between patients with CMS and controls at rest (30.368.0 vs 25.464.5 mm Hg, P5.002) became more than three times larger during mild bicycle exercise (56.4619.0 vs 39.868.0 mm Hg, P,.001). Conclusions: Measurements of pulmonary artery pressure at rest greatly underestimate pulmonary artery pressure during daily activity in patients with CMS. The marked pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise associated with daily activity may explain why this problem is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CMS.
Main Authors: | Stuber, Thomas, Sartori, Claudio, Schwab, Marcos, Jayet, Pierre-Yves, Rimoldi, Stefano F, Garcin, Sophie, Thalmann, Sébastien, Spielvogel, Hilde, Salinas Salmón, Carlos E, Villena, Mercedes, Scherrer, Urs, Allemann, Yves |
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Format: | Article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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CHEST
2010-02
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Subjects: | HIPERTENSIÓN PULMONAR, MAL CRÓNICO DE MONTAÑA, EJERCICIO SUAVE, |
Online Access: | http://repositorio.umsa.bo/xmlui/handle/123456789/8126 |
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