title: Exercise training in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the benefits of a feasible, outpatient exercise training program on exercise tolerance and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in individuals with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report on two subjects recruited from a tertiary care pulmonary hypertension clinic. Subject 1 was a 50-year-old male with idiopathic PAH. Subject 2 was a 54-year-old female with a 20+ year history of scleroderma and 6-year history of PAH. Both subjects underwent exercise training 3 times per week for 6 weeks using a cycle ergometer at workloads progressing from 50% to 80% of peak workload. Outcomes were assessed using cardiopulmonary exercise testing, six-minute walk test (6MWT), and HRQL using the Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ) and the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both subjects made substantial improvements in oxygen consumption and workload at anaerobic threshold (improvements of 3.8 and 4.2 mL.kg(-1).min,(-1) 26 and 18 W, respectively) and 6MWT distance (from 496 to 586m and 416 to 517m, respectively). Only Subject 1 made substantial improvements in peak oxygen consumption (from 16.0 to 18.3 mL.kg(-1).min(-1)and from 15.0 to 15.6 mL.kg(-1).min,(-1) respectively) and peak work rate (from 112 to 130W and 66 to 69W, respectively). Both subjects demonstrated improved HRQL. No adverse events were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A short and practical exercise training program can improve measures of workload, aerobic capacity, and HRQL in individuals with PAH with no adverse effects shown in these two case studies.
authors.affiliation: Grand Valley State University, Physical Therapy Program, Grand Rapids, MI.
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authors.lastname: Wilt
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Oudiz
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