Impaired exercise parameters in pediatric heart transplant recipients: comparison of biatrial and bicaval techniques

E Pahl; S Sundararaghavan; J F Strasburger; B M Mitchell; S Rodgers; D Crowley; S S Gidding

doi:10.1034/j.1399-3046.2000.00122.x

Impaired exercise parameters in pediatric heart transplant recipients: comparison of biatrial and bicaval techniques

Pediatr Transplant. 2000 Nov;4(4):268-72. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2000.00122.x.

Authors

E Pahl¹, S Sundararaghavan, J F Strasburger, B M Mitchell, S Rodgers, D Crowley, S S Gidding

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 11079265
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2000.00122.x

Abstract

The exercise performance of pediatric heart transplant recipients and the effects of bicaval anastomosis were studied in 19 children using a Bruce protocol. Although all children had decreased exercise capacity and heart rates when compared with normals, the bicaval anastomosis patients had similar endurance and peak heart rates as the standard biatrial group.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Child
Heart Atria
Heart Rate
Heart Transplantation / methods*
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Physical Endurance*
Stroke Volume
Venae Cavae