Impaired exercise tolerance in hypertensive patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1 I, 1996, Pages 41-55

  Lim, Pitt O ^a   MacFadyen, Robert J ^a   Clarkson, Peter B M ^a   MacDonald, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXAZOSIN; LABETALOL; PRAZOSIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030030880     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-1_part_1-199601010-00008     Document Type: Review

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