Unusual exercise response associated with mitral regurgitation and ischemic heart disease.
A patient is presented with ischemic heart disease and mitral regurgitation; the patient's pulmonary artery wedge "V" waves and left ventricular end diastolic pressure decreased during exercise. Possible explanations for this unusual hemodynamic response are discussed.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure