Pulmonary transit of agitated contrast is associated with enhanced pulmonary vascular reserve and right ventricular function during exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1307-1317

  Gerche, André La ^a,c   MacIsaac, Andrew I ^b   Burns, Andrew T ^b   Mooney, Don J ^b   Inder, Warrick J ^a   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^c   Heidbüchel, Hein ^c   Prior, David L ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine Campbelltown Campus   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athlete; Contrast echocardiography; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GELATIN; GELATIN SUCCINATE; OXYGEN; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBUBBLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EXERCISE; GELATIN; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROBUBBLES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SUCCINATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 78549253132     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00457.2010     Document Type: Article

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