Twenty-four patients with exercise intolerance of undetermined origin were examined by muscle phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) to test for a possible underlying defect in oxidative metabolism. Results were compared to those of 37 normal controls and 22 patients with well-defined mitochondrial disorders. In 17 (71%) patients with exercise intolerance, ADP recovery after exercise, an index of mitochondrial function, was abnormally slow. The energy state of phosphate-containing metabolites at rest was abnormal in 33% of patients. In 17/22 patients with well-defined mitochondrial disorders, ADP recovery was similarly slow. Abnormalities at rest were slightly more prevalent (50%) in this group of patients. Other 31P-MRS measurements did not add to the overall sensitivity in detecting abnormalities in either of these groups. We suggest that many patients with exercise intolerance of undetermined cause may have impaired muscle oxidative metabolism, that is an important causative factor in the pathophysiology of their symptoms.

Argov, Z., DE STEFANO, N., Taivassalo, T., Chen, J., Karpati, G., Arnold, D.L. (1997). Abnormal oxidative metabolism in exercise intolerance of undetermined origin. NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 7(2), 99-104 [10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00426-4].

Abnormal oxidative metabolism in exercise intolerance of undetermined origin

DE STEFANO N.;
1997-01-01

Abstract

Twenty-four patients with exercise intolerance of undetermined origin were examined by muscle phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) to test for a possible underlying defect in oxidative metabolism. Results were compared to those of 37 normal controls and 22 patients with well-defined mitochondrial disorders. In 17 (71%) patients with exercise intolerance, ADP recovery after exercise, an index of mitochondrial function, was abnormally slow. The energy state of phosphate-containing metabolites at rest was abnormal in 33% of patients. In 17/22 patients with well-defined mitochondrial disorders, ADP recovery was similarly slow. Abnormalities at rest were slightly more prevalent (50%) in this group of patients. Other 31P-MRS measurements did not add to the overall sensitivity in detecting abnormalities in either of these groups. We suggest that many patients with exercise intolerance of undetermined cause may have impaired muscle oxidative metabolism, that is an important causative factor in the pathophysiology of their symptoms.
1997
Argov, Z., DE STEFANO, N., Taivassalo, T., Chen, J., Karpati, G., Arnold, D.L. (1997). Abnormal oxidative metabolism in exercise intolerance of undetermined origin. NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 7(2), 99-104 [10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00426-4].
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