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  • Title: Effects of exercise on left ventricular performance determined by echocardiography in chronic, severe mitral regurgitation secondary to mitral valve prolapse.
    Author: Tischler MD, Battle RW, Ashikaga T, Niggel J, Rowen M, LeWinter MM.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1996 Feb 15; 77(5):397-402. PubMed ID: 8602570.
    Abstract:
    Data on the effects of exercise on left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection performance in patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are limited. With use of a matched-pairs design, 10 asymptomatic patients with chronic, severe MR and normal LV systolic function who were not receiving vasodilator therapy (group 1) and 10 matched normal control subjects with no structural heart disease (group 2) performed symptom-limited upright bicycle ergometry with quantitative echocardiographic analysis. An additional 8 patients with severe, chronic MR and normal LV systolic function who were receiving vasodilator therapy at the time of testing (group 3) were studied for comparison. The 3 cohorts exercised for similar periods of time. Group 1 and 3 patients had similar end-diastolic volumes at rest, both of which were significantly greater than those of normal controls. Although resting LV end-systolic volume was greater in groups 1 and 3 than in normal controls, the 3 groups had similar relative percent reductions in end-systolic volume during exercise (30 +/- 12%, 32 +/- 13%, and 30 +/- 24%; p = NS). A similar percent increase in LV ejection fraction was also observed in all 3 cohorts (18 +/- 9%, 15 +/- 9%, and 14 +/- 6%; p = NS). Forward stroke volume increased significantly in group 1 (59 +/- 21 and 71 +/- 18 ml; p <0.001) and in group 3 (59 +/- 17 and 68 +/- 13 ml; p < 0.05). Thus, in asymptomatic patients with chronic, severe MR and normal LV ejection fraction at rest, there is an improvement in LV ejection fraction and an increase in forward stroke volume during exercise. These effects are comparable to those observed in normal controls. Directional differences in the cohort receiving no activity therapy were indistinguishable from either patients receiving vasodilator therapy or normal control subjects.
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