Why the study?
Does an exaggerated exercise systolic blood pressure response indicate worse endothelial function in hypertensive patients?
Does an exaggerated exercise systolic blood pressure response indicate worse endothelial function in hypertensive patients?
An exaggerated systolic blood pressure response to exercise identifies hypertensive patients with worse endothelial function, serving as a potential non-invasive tool for risk stratification.
Exaggerated ExSBP response was associated with worse endothelial function; hypothesis-generating for risk stratification and requires prospective validation.
Despite similar ambulatory and office BP, the exaggerated ExSBP group had significantly worse endothelial function compared with the low ExSBP responder group. This simple and non-invasive test may be useful in routine clinical practice to aid risk stratification in hypertensive patients.
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