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The purpose of this study is to better understand how hypoxia (low oxygen) affects resting and exertional right ventricular function in healthy individuals.


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The right ventricle plays a critical role in exercise. As workload increases with exercise, the right ventricle augments contractility and lusitropy (diastolic relaxation) to accommodate increased venous return (preload) and pulmonary arterial pressure (afterload). Using gold-standard pressure-volume analysis, the investigators have shown that impairments in right ventricular function limit functional capacity among individuals with cardiovascular disease, heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. In addition, the investigators have characterized right ventricular function during exercise in the healthy heart using these techniques. Hypoxia increases pulmonary arterial pressure via hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. By increasing right ventricular afterload, hypoxia may compromise exercise capacity. However, data regarding the impact of hypoxia on right ventricular performance are lacking. This is a human physiology study of resting and exertional right ventricular function under control (normoxic) and hypoxic conditions. The investigators will use pressure-volume analysis in conjunction with Swan-Ganz catheterization and echocardiography to assess right ventricular performance in healthy individuals at rest and during exercise in normoxia and hypoxia. The study protocol consists of three visits. - Visit 1: Non-invasive symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise test under normoxic conditions (FiO2= 0.21). - Visit 2: Non-invasive symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise test under hypoxic conditions (FiO2=0.12). - Visit 3: Invasive resting and exertional hemodynamic assessment under normoxic and hypoxic conditions In Visits 1 and 2, heart rate/rhythm, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, gas exchange parameters (oxygen uptake [VO2], carbon dioxide production [VCO2], and minute ventilation), and rated perceived exertion will be monitored. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) will be performed on an upright cycle ergometer with workload starting at 0 Watts and increasing every 2 minutes until volitional exhaustion with maximum workload at 8-12 minutes. The order of Visits 1 and 2 will be randomized to reduce the potential for bias from a learning/ordering effect. In Visit 3, the same non-invasive measurements will be obtained. Additionally, right heart catheterization with Swan-Ganz catheter and conductance catheter placement will be performed. This will provide gold-standard hemodynamic and pressure-volume loop analysis to measure outcomes of right ventricular contractility, lusitropy (diastolic relaxation), afterload, and ventricular-arterial coupling. First, participants will complete submaximal exercise at FiO2=0.21. Submaximal exercise will include 5 minutes at 50% of baseline maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max achieved during Visit 1). After 20 minutes' rest, hemodynamic measurements will be obtained at rest at FiO2 0.21, 0.17, 0.15 and 0.12 to characterize the impact of progressive hypoxia on resting right ventricular hemodynamics. Participants will then perform submaximal exercise (50% VO2 max from hypoxic baseline at Visit 2) at FiO2 0.12. Thereafter, participants will complete a symptom-limited CPET at FiO2 0.12 with monitoring of invasive hemodynamics. ;


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NCT number NCT05272514
Study type Observational
Source University of Colorado, Denver
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date April 15, 2022
Completion date December 15, 2022

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