Patients with Type 2 diabetes have exaggerated brachial and central exercise blood pressure: Relation to left ventricular relative wall thickness
- Scott, J. A.
- Coombes, J. S.
- Prins, J. B.
- Leano, R. L.
- Marwick, T. H.
- Sharman, J. E.
Publication date
January 2008
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC ISSN
0895-7061 Citation count (estimate)
40Abstract
BACKGROUND A hypertensive response to exercise has prognostic significance. Patients with type 2 diabetes have vascular abnormalities which may predispose to exaggerated brachial and central blood pressure (BP) during exercise. This study aimed to test this hypothesis and to determine the clinical significance of high exercise BP by examining its relation to left ventricular (LV) mass
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