Impaired pulmonary and cardiac function after maximal exercise

Abstract
The cardiopulmonary response to maximal rowing exercise of short duration was studied in six healthy well‐trained oarsmen. The lung diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide was significantly decreased below the pre‐exercise value for 2.5 days post‐exercise (PPdZ/dt waveform, not previously described in healthy persons, which occurred in all six subjects immediately following exercise.