Effect of exercise on circulating atrial natriuretic peptide and left ventricular ejection fraction in healthy persons and patients with coronary artery disease.

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Abstract
Radionuclide angiographic measurements of left ventricular ejection fraction were performed at rest and during exercise in 10 normal persons and 11 patients with coronary artery disease. Exercise was continued on a supine bicycle exercise table up to a symptom-limited maximum. Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) were also determined at rest and during exercise. Ejection fraction in the normal volunteers was 59 .+-. 3% (mean .+-. SEM) at rest and increased significantly (p < 0.01) to 69 .+-. 3% during exercise. Ejection fraction in the patients was 47 .+-. 5% at rest and did not change significantly during exercise (51 .+-. 7%). Plasma ANP in the normals rose significantly (p < 0.01) from 62 .+-. 16 pg/ml at rest to 454 .+-. 94 pg/ml during exercise. Plasma ANP in the patients also rose significantly (p < 0.01) from 231 .+-. 102 pg/ml to 794 .+-. 170 pg/ml. The response of plasma ATP to exercise was enhanced significantly (p < 0.05) in the patients as compared with the normals in relation to ejection fraction by analysis of covariance. In both the normals and the patients, plasma ANP was inversely and significantly correlated with ejection fraction during exercise (r= - 0.46, p < 0.05, n = 21), however, not at rest. Because it has been reported that plasma ANP is correlated positively with pulmonary artery wedge pressure, the estimation of plasma ANP during an exercise stress test might be used for the evaluation of cardiac reserve in coronary artery disease.

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