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Cardiac output measured by impedance cardiography significantly correlated positively with 6-minute walk distance in patients with atrial fibrillation (R = 0.494, p = 0.023).
Cross-Sectional (n=49)
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Impedance cardiography provides hemodynamic parameters like cardiac output that correlate better with functional capacity (6MWD) in AF patients than traditional LVEF measurements.
BACKGROUND: The correlation between impedance cardiography (ICG) and 6 min walk distance (6MWD) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients remains unknown. METHODS: We recruited 49 subjects in the study (21 AF patients and 28 patients without AF) and estimated hemodynamic parameters: cardiac output (CO), stroke volume (SV), stroke volume index (SVI), left stroke work (LSW), left stroke work index (LSWI), stroke systemic vascular resistance (SSVR), stroke systemic vascular resistance index (SSVRI); 6MWD, left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) for the two groups. RESULTS: The AF group have apparently lower CO (2.26 ± 0.14 VS 4.11 ± 0.20 L/min, p = 0.039) and distinctly higher SVR (677.60 ± 69.10 VS 344.41 ± 22.98 dynes/cm(5), p = 0.001), SSVRI (396.97 ± 36.80 VS 199.01 ± 11.72 dynes/cm(5)/m(2), p < 0.001) than the control group. NT-pro BNP (1409.48 ± 239.90 VS 332.59 ± 68.85 pg/ml, p = 0.001) in the AF group was significantly higher than the control group and 6MWD (264.33 ± 14.55 VS 428.79 ± 29.98 m, p < 0.001) in the AF group was lower than the control group. There was no significant difference in LVEF between the two groups (62.67 ± 7.62 % VS 63.93 ± 5.03 %, p = 0.470). Pearson correlation analysis revealed that CO (R = 0.494, p = 0.023), SV (R = 0.633, p = 0.002), LSW (R = 0.615, p = 0.003) and LSWI (R = 0.491, p = 0.024) significantly correlated positively with 6MWD in AF patients. CONCLUSIONS: AF patients had lower cardiac output, shorter 6MWD and higher NT-pro BNP than patients with sinus rhythm. The cardiac output measured by impedance cardiography significantly correlated positively with 6MWD in AF patients.
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Ding et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Atrial fibrillation (n=49). Atrial fibrillation vs. Sinus rhythm (healthy controls) was evaluated on Correlation between cardiac output (CO) and 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) in AF patients (R = 0.494, p=0.023). Cardiac output measured by impedance cardiography significantly correlated positively with 6-minute walk distance in patients with atrial fibrillation (R = 0.494, p = 0.023).
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