In normotensive individuals, an exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise is associated with increased left ventricular mass, higher ambulatory blood pressure load, and increased sympathetic activity.
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Exaggerated exercise BP responses may flag early LV remodeling risk in normotensives; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Journal Article Higher left ventricle mass in normotensives with exaggerated blood pressure responses to exercise associated with higher ambulatory blood pressure load and sympathetic activity Get access J. Polónia, J. Polónia Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Correspondence: Jorge Polonia, MD. PhD, Laboratorio de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, H. S. Joao, 4200 Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar L. Martins, L. Martins Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar D. Bravo-Faria, D. Bravo-Faria Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar F. Macedo, F. Macedo Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar J. Coutinho, J. Coutinho Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar L. Simóes L. Simóes Diagnostico Medico Integral (DMI), Porto and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina do PortoH. S Joao, Porto, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar European Heart Journal, Volume 13, Issue suppl_A, June 1992, Pages 30–36, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/13.suppl_A.30 Published: 01 June 1992
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