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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2020

An unusual cause of exertional dyspnea in a 55 years old man.

Félix-Antoine Vézina, Daniel Milad, Krystelle Godbout, Mélanie Bernier, François Maltais, Éric Nadreau, Mario Sénéchal

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Félix-Antoine VézinaInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Daniel MiladInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Krystelle GodboutInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Mélanie BernierClinique D'orthophonie Québec, 1000 Ste-Foy Road, Suite 203, Quebec, QC, G1S, Canada.
François MaltaisInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Éric NadreauInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Mario SénéchalInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, 2725 Ste-Foy Road, Quebec, QC, GIV 4G5, Canada.
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 55-year-old former professional athlete reported out of proportion dyspnea on exertion. After a detailed cardiac investigation, a cardiopulmonary exercise test on an ergocycle demonstrated an abnormal and non-physiological ventilatory response characterized by a sharp rise in ventilation followed by a decrease while exercise workload was progressively increasing. This was accompanied by noisy breathing. A laryngoscopy with direct visualisation of larynx and vocal cord during voluntary eucapnic hyperventilation confirmed the diagnosis of exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction. The patient was treated with speech therapy and all the symptoms resolved. A second cardiopulmonary exercise test showed a normalisation of the ventilatory pattern during exercise. This case demonstrates the importance of recognizing the symptoms of an exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction regardless of age, and the effectiveness of the speech therapy on symptoms and on exercise testing.

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Exercise-induced laryngeal obstructionExercise testingStridor

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PMID32025482
PMCPMC6997562
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