Why the study?
Does mild-to-moderate uncomplicated essential hypertension alter myocardial and forearm blood flow reserve compared to normotensive controls?
Population
32 males, comprising 25 patients with mild-to-moderate uncomplicated essential hypertension and 7 sex- and…
Comparison
Mild-to-moderate uncomplicated essential… vs Sex- and age-matched normotensive controls.
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Preserved myocardial reserve in mild hypertension warrants no practice change; leaves open mechanisms of heterogeneous vascular adaptation.
Does mild-to-moderate uncomplicated essential hypertension alter myocardial and forearm blood flow reserve compared to normotensive controls?
In mild-to-moderate uncomplicated hypertension, myocardial vasodilator reserve appears preserved despite a reduction in forearm vasodilator capacity, suggesting heterogeneous vascular readaptation.
Pedrinelli et al. (1997) studied this question.
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