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In Cardiac Patients β-Blockers Attenuate the Decrease in Work Rate during Exercise at a Constant Submaximal Heart Rate
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Purpose Exercise prescription based on fixed heart rate (HR) values is not associated with a specific work rate (WR) during prolonged exercise. This phenomenon has never been evaluated in cardiac patients and might be associated with a slow component of HR kinetics and beta-adrenergic activity. The aims were to quantify, in cardiac patients, the WR decrease at a fixed HR and to test if it would be attenuated by beta-blockers.Methods Seventeen patients with coronary artery disease in stable conditions (69 +/- 9 yr) were divided into two groups according to the presence (BB) or absence (no-BB) of a therapy with beta-blockers, and performed on a cycle ergometer: an incremental exercise (INCR) and a 15-min HRCLAMPED exercise, in which WR was continuously adjusted to maintain a constant HR, corresponding to the gas exchange threshold +15%. HR was determined by the ECG signal, and pulmonary gas exchange was assessed breath-by-breath.Results: During INCR, HRpeak was lower in BB versus no-BB (P < 0.05), whereas no differences were observed for other variables. During HRCLAMPED, the decrease in WR needed to maintain HR constant was less pronounced in BB versus no-BB (-16% +/- 10% vs -27 +/- 10, P = 0.04) and was accompanied by a decreased VO2 only in no-BB (-13% +/- 6%, P < 0.001).Conclusions The decrease in WR during a 15-min exercise at a fixed HR (slightly higher than that at gas exchange threshold) was attenuated in BB, suggesting a potential role by beta-adrenergic stimulation. The phenomenon may represent, also in this population, a sign of impaired exercise tolerance and interferes with aerobic exercise prescription.
Keywords:
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
EXERCISE TOLERANCE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
HR KINETICS
beta-BLOCKERS
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