Effect of exercise in hypertension controlled with metoprolol or methyldopa.
1. The adequacy of the control of essential hypertension during exercise was studied in patients whose resting blood pressure had been controlled for 1 year with either metoprolol or methyldopa. 2. Systolic blood pressure increased with exercise in both groups, the increase being significantly less in the metoprolol group than in the methyldopa group.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008750:Methyldopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011412:Propanolamines; D008750:Methyldopa; D008790:Metoprolol