Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-17-2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors (CCS) frequently show decreased exercise performance. Poor exercise performance may indicate impaired future cardiovascular health.
METHODS: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was performed in asymptomatic off-treatment CCS (age ≥ 10 years). Patients were divided into Normal and Poor performance groups by %predicted maximum VO2 at 80%. Both peak and submaximal CPET values were analyzed.
RESULTS: Thirty-eight males (19 Normal, 19 Poor) and 40 females (18 Normal, 22 Poor) were studied. Total anthracycline dosage was comparable among 4 groups. The body mass index (BMI), although normal, and weight were significantly higher in Poor groups. Peak heart rate (HR) and peak respiratory exchange ratio (RER) were comparable in all four groups. Peak work rate (pWR)/kg, peak oxygen consumption (pVO2)/kg, peak oxygen pulse (pOP)/kg, and ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT)/kg were significantly lower, whereas heart rate (HR) increase by WR/kg (ΔHR/Δ[WR/kg] was significantly higher in Poor groups. Simultaneously plotting of weight & pVO2 and ΔHR/ΔWR & ΔVO2/ΔHR revealed a distinct difference between the Normal and Poor groups in both sexes, suggesting decreased skeletal muscle mass and decreased stroke volume reserve, respectively, in Poor CCS. The relationship between VAT and pVO2 was almost identical between the two groups in both sexes. Ventilatory efficiency was mildly diminished in the Poor groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Decreased skeletal muscle mass, decreased stroke volume reserve, and slightly decreased ventilatory efficiency characterize Poor CCS in both sexes. This unique combined CPET analysis provides useful clinical biomarkers to screen subclinical cardiovascular abnormality in CCS and identifies an area for improvement.
Recommended Citation
Tsuda, Takeshi; Davidow, Kimberly; D'Aloisio, Gina; and Quillen, Joanne, "Surveillance Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Can Risk-Stratify Childhood Cancer Survivors: Underlying Pathophysiology of Poor Exercise Performance and Possible Room for Improvement" (2023). Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers. Paper 144.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pedsfp/144
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PubMed ID
37978571
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in Cardio-Oncology, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2023, Article number 42.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40959-023-00193-y.
Copyright © The Author(s) 2023.