Age-related upper limits of normal for maximum upright exercise pulmonary haemodynamics

• Published in: The European respiratory journal Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 1179 - 1188
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Rudolf K.F., Agarwal, Manyoo, Tracy, Julie A., Karin, Abbey L., Opotowsky, Alexander R., Waxman, Aaron B., Systrom, David M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Arterial Pressure; Bicycling; Cardiac Output; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Test - methods; Exercise Tolerance - physiology; Female; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen Consumption; Pulmonary Artery; Rest; Stroke Volume; Vascular Resistance - physiology

The exercise definition of pulmonary hypertension was eliminated from the pulmonary hypertension guidelines in part due to uncertainty of the upper limits of normal (ULNs) for exercise haemodynamics in subjects >50 years old. The present study, therefore, evaluated the pulmonary haemodynamic resp...