Relations of Exercise Blood Pressure Response to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Vascular Function in the Framingham Heart Study
Author(s) -
George Thanassoulis,
Asya Lyass,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Martin G. Larson,
Joseph A. Vita,
Daniel Levy,
Naomi M. Hamburg,
Michael E. Widlansky,
Christopher J. O’Donnell,
Gary F. Mitchell,
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.063933
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cardiology , framingham heart study , framingham risk score , disease
Exercise blood pressure (BP) is an important marker of left ventricular hypertrophy, incident hypertension, and future cardiovascular events. Although impaired vascular function is hypothesized to influence the BP response during exercise, limited data exist on the association of vascular function with exercise BP in the community.
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