Gender Differences in the Oxygen Transport System During Maximal Exercise in Hypertensive Subjects

• Published in: Chest Vol. 115; no. 3; pp. 788 - 792
• Main Authors: Reybrouck, Tony, Fagard, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Northbrook, IL Elsevier Inc 01.03.1999; American College of Chest Physicians
• Subjects: Adult; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiac Output; Cardiology. Vascular system; Catheters; Clinical manifestations. Epidemiology. Investigative techniques. Etiology; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Test; exercise testing; Female; gas exchange; gender; Gender differences; Heart rate; Hemodynamics; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - blood; Male; Maximum oxygen consumption; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Oxygen - blood; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Pulmonary arteries; Sex Characteristics; Statistical analysis; Veins & arteries; Women; cardiac output; (av)o2; exercise testing; R; gender; NS; V˙o2; V˙co2; gas exchange; hypertension; hemodynamics; Physical exercise; Human; Hypertension; Blood gas; Oxygen; Venous blood; Saturation; Sex; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Male; Arterial blood; Exercise tolerance test; Female; Transport; Comparative study

To analyze gender differences in the oxygen transport system at peak exercise with particular emphasis on the difference in systemic arteriovenous oxygen extraction and in mixed venous oxygen saturation. Cardiopulmonary graded exercise testing and hemodynamic assessment were performed on a cycle erg...