Does workload-indexed blood pressure response (SBP/MET-slope) predict all-cause mortality better than peak systolic blood pressure?
SBP/MET-slope is a simple, novel metric superior to peak SBP for predicting mortality in clinical exercise testing.
In contrast to peak SBP, having a higher SBP/MET-slope was associated with increased risk of mortality. This simple, novel metric can be considered in clinical exercise testing reports.
Hedman et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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