Abstract
This study tests the hypothesis that patients with treated hypertension with well-controlled blood pressure, without ventricular hypertrophy and normal resting echocardiography, may have abnormalities of ventricular function that are apparent only on exercise and contribute to symptoms of exertional dyspnoea.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 948-55 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Heart |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Dyspnea
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Exercise
- Exercise Test
- False Negative Reactions
- Female
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Observer Variation
- Oxygen Consumption
- Reproducibility of Results
- Rotation
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left