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Impact of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence and prognostic significance of exertional oscillatory ventilation in patients with chronic heart failure

Ingle, Lee; Isted, Aaron; Witte, Klaus K.; Cleland, John G.F.; Clark, Andrew L.

Authors

Aaron Isted

Klaus K. Witte

John G.F. Cleland

Andrew L. Clark



Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Exertional oscillatory ventilation (EOV) occurs in many patients with chronic heart failure. Two different definitions of EOV have been proposed by Corrá and Leite. We aimed to compare the prevalence of EOV and its prognostic significance in patients with chronic heart failure using the two diagnostic approaches. METHODS: Patients underwent a symptom-limited, treadmill-based exercise test with metabolic gas exchange measurements using the modified Bruce protocol. EOV was defined (i) as cyclic fluctuations in ventilation lasting for more than 60% of exercise duration, with an amplitude of greater than 15% of the average amplitude of cyclic fluctuations at rest (Corrá) and/or (ii) as three or more regular oscillations with regularity defined if the standard deviation of three consecutive cycle lengths was within 20% of the average coupled with a minimal average amplitude of ventilatory oscillation of 5-l (Leite). RESULTS: Two hundred and forty patients (mean age 59±13 years; 73% males; left ventricular ejection fraction 34±6%; peak VO2 21.0±4.6-ml/kg per min; VE/VCO2 slope 35±9) were included in the study. The prevalence of EOV was 25% using the Corrá method and 31% using the Leite method. Fifty percent of patients diagnosed with EOV by the Corrá criteria and 58% diagnosed by the Leite criteria had died at 12-month follow-up. EOV (Corrá) was a predictor of mortality independent of peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope, left ventricular ejection fraction, age, and 6-min walk test distance. A hazard ratio (HR) of 6.3 (P < 0.0001; 95% confidence interval=1.6-25.2) was evident for the Corrá method, which was higher than for the Leite method (HR=4.9; P < 0.0001; 95% confidence interval=2.6-18.2). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of EOV was between 25 and 31% depending on the criteria used to define it. The presence of EOV was a powerful predictor of adverse outcome, and diagnosed with the Corrá criteria was associated with a higher HR than the Leite criteria. © 2009 The European Society of Cardiology.

Citation

Ingle, L., Isted, A., Witte, K. K., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2009). Impact of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence and prognostic significance of exertional oscillatory ventilation in patients with chronic heart failure. European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation, 16(4), 451-456. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832a4f54

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 13, 2008
Online Publication Date Aug 1, 2009
Publication Date Aug 1, 2009
Deposit Date May 7, 2019
Journal European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
Print ISSN 1741-8267
Electronic ISSN 1741-8275
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 4
Pages 451-456
DOI https://doi.org/10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832a4f54
Keywords Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Exercise periodic breathing; Exertional oscillatory ventilation; Mortality; Periodic breathing; Ventilation
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/738595
Publisher URL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832a4f54