Table 1. Cardiac catheterization and cardiopulmonary exercise test prior to and after cardiac surgery.
Initial | After bosentan treatment | Post-operative | |||
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At room air | After O2 (10 L/min) supply | At room air | After O2 (10 L/min) supply | At room air | |
Cardiac catheterization | |||||
Mean PA pressure (mmHg) | 64 | 60 | 49 | 47 | 49 |
PVR (WU·m2) | 13.9 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
Qp/Qs | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
SaO2 (%) | 83 | 94 | 87 | 97 | 94 |
Cardiopulmonary exercise test | |||||
VO2 max (mL/kg/min) | 20.4 | 23.9 | |||
Exercise duration (min) | 4 | 6 | |||
SpO2 at rest (%) | 84 | 92 | |||
SpO2 at peak exercise (%) | 62 | 80 |
PA: pulmonary artery, PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance, WU: wood units, SaO2: systemic arterial oxygen saturation, VO2 max: maximal oxygen consumption, SpO2: peripheral capillary oxygen saturation