Lower limb exercise generates pulsatile flow into the pulmonary vascular bed in the setting of the Fontan circulation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 732-733

  Cordina, Rachael ^a,b   Celermajer, David S ^a,b   D'Udekem, Yves ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

exercise; exercise physiology; Fontan; peripheral muscle pump; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; PULSATILE FLOW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUNG CIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSED DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 85042685072     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795111800015X     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Cordina RL, O'Meagher S, Karmali A, et al. Resistance training improves cardiac output, exercise capacity and tolerance to positive airway pressure in Fontan physiology. Int J Cardiol 2013; 168: 780-788.