Cardiovascular and Sympathetic Nervous Response to Dynamic Exercise in Patients with Essential Hypertension

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 606 - 610
• Main Authors: SAITOH, Makoto, MIYAKODA, Hiroyuki, KITAMURA, Hideyuki, KINUGAWA, Toru, HISATOME, Ichiro, KOTAKE, Hiroshi, MASHIBA, Hiroto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 1992
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiomegaly - etiology; Cardiomegaly - physiopathology; Cardiovascular System - physiopathology; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Test; Female; Humans; Hypertension - blood; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - physiopathology; left ventricular hypertrophy; Male; Middle Aged; Norepinephrine - blood; plasma norepinephrine; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; systolic blood pressure

To investigate the relationship among systolic blood pressure (SBP) during exercise (EX), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and plasma norepinephrine concentration (NE) in patients with essential hypertension (HT), 20 patients with HT and 20 age- and sex-matched normal subjects were studied using t...