Exercise testing in hypertensive patients for assessing the cardiovascular protective potential of antihypertensive drugs
2013
Abstract
Exercise testing is an established noninvasive tool in cardiology used to diagnose and guide treatment in individuals with suspected coronary or confirmed coronary artery disease. Owing to the wealth of information it provides, exercise testing is also being utilized to evaluate prehypertensive stages, characterize hypertension, access tolerance to exercise and the efficacy of antihypertensive therapies, and predict target organ damage and cardiovascular risk.