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CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/14799731221104095
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Pulmonary hypertension; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; altitude; exercise tolerance; cardiopulmonary exercise test
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with decreased exercise tolerance and altered gas exchange in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The presence of PH has an independent impact on exercise capacity in COPD patients residing at high altitude.
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with decreased exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, but in the altitude the response to exercise in those patients is unknown. Our objective was to compare exercise capacity, gas exchange and ventilatory alterations between COPD patients with PH (COPD-PH) and without PH (COPD-nonPH) residents at high altitude (2640 m). Methods: One hundred thirty-two COPD-nonPH, 82 COPD-PH, and 47 controls were included. Dyspnea by Borg scale, oxygen consumption (VO2), work rate (WR), ventilatory equivalents (VE/VCO2), dead space to tidal volume ratio (V-D/V-T), alveolar-arterial oxygen tension gradient (AaPO(2)), and arterial-end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure gradient (Pa-ETCO2) were measurement during a cardiopulmonary exercise test. For comparison of variables between groups, Kruskal-Wallis or one-way ANOVA tests were used, and stepwise regression analysis to test the association between PH and exercise capacity. Results: All COPD patients had a lower exercise capacity and higher PaCO2, A-aPO(2) and V-D/V-T than controls. The VO2 % predicted (61.3 +/- 20.6 vs 75.3 +/- 17.9; p < 0.001) and WR % predicted (65.3 +/- 17.9 vs 75.3 +/- 17.9; p < 0.001) were lower in COPD-PH than in COPD-nonPH. At peak exercise, dyspnea was higher in COPD-PH (p = 0.011). During exercise, in COPD-PH, the PaO2 was lower (p < 0.001), and AaPO(2) (p < 0.001), Pa-ETCO2 (p = 0.033), VE/VCO2 (p = 0.019), and V-D/V-T (p = 0.007) were higher than in COPD-nonPH. In the multivariate analysis, PH was significantly associated with lower peak VO2 and WR (p < 0.001). Conclusion: In COPD patients residing at high altitude, the presence of PH was an independent factor related to the exercise capacity. Also, in COPD-PH patients there were more dyspnea and alterations in gas exchange during the exercise than in those without PH.
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