The Blood Pressure Response to Dynamic Exercise Testing: A Systematic Review

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-160

  Le, Vy Van ^a,b   Mitiku, Teferi ^a,b   Sungar, Gannon ^a,b   Myers, Jonathan ^a,b   Froelicher, Victor ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVEREXERTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50549084550     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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