title: Haemodynamics during a complete exercise induced atrioventricular block.
abstract: The case is reported of an athlete who, during an exercise test, had a complete atrioventricular block without symptoms of cardiac output failure. Heart rate, stroke index, cardiac index, and myocardial contractility were monitored during the episode by an impedance cardiograph. The most important findings of this report are the continuous increase in stroke index, which compensated for the lack of heart rate response, and the normal cardiac index values achieved during the exercise. This stroke index response was mainly due to an increase in myocardial contractility.
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Centre for Sports Environments and Technologies, University of Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crisafulli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Melis
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Orrù
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Concu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005538:Football / Q000502:physiology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D013318:Stroke Volume