title: Assessment of functional results after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty by cardiopulmonary exercise test.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients with documented coronary artery disease underwent cardiopulmonary exercise tests before and following a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The patients medication regimen and exercise protocols remained the same in both cases. Following PTCA, significant improvement (p < 0.001-0.0001) was noted in oxygen consumption (1,526.8 +/- 470.0 vs. 1,686.2 +/- 390 ml/min), oxygen pulse (12.40 +/- 2.73 vs. 13.44 +/- 2.9 ml/beat), oxygen pulse score (7.62 +/- 1.29 vs. 8.85 +/- 1.26 points) and in the ventilatory anaerobic threshold (993.1 +/- 177.6 vs. 1,089.8 +/- 150.9 ml/min) but not (p > 0.05) in maximal heart rate (128.7 +/- 16.9 vs. 132.0 +/- 17.2 beats/min). Thus, a cardiopulmonary exercise test is an effective method to assess functional results following PTCA.
authors.affiliation: Mishmar Hayarden Cardiac and Rehabilitation Institute, Givatayim, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klainman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lebzelter
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zafrir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption