Open AccessPulsatile Hemodynamics Are Associated With Exercise Capacity in Patients With Exertional Dyspnea and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Author(s) -
Maria Broufa,
Siegfried Wassertheurer,
Bernhard Hametner,
Robert Zweiker,
Ronald K. Binder,
Thomas Weber
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpy001
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulsatile flow , exertional dyspnea , ejection fraction , hemodynamics , heart failure
Pulsatile hemodynamics are associated with left ventricular filling pressures and diastolic dysfunction. We investigated their relationship with maximum workload and peak oxygen uptake (peak VO2) in patients with exertional dyspnea and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
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