title: [The behavior of the arterial pressure at rest and under exertion in normotensive and hypertensive subjects exposed to acute hypoxia at a median altitude].
abstract: In order to evaluate blood pressure changes at rest and during effort in response to moderate altitude acute hypoxia, we performed noninvasive blood pressure monitoring and maximal bicycle stress testing in 10 normotensive and 13 untreated mild hypertensive subjects at sea-level and in a mountain resort (m. 2572). Blood pressure was measured every 10 minutes by the Spacelabs 5200 pressurometer and bicycle stress test was performed at initial workload of 50 watts and steps of 50 watts every 3 minutes until exhaustion. Mean systolic blood pressure resulted unchanged in the normotensive subjects (120.8 +/- 10.6 vs 121.5 +/- 6.9 NS) while in the hypertensive ones it increased slightly at 2572 m. (131.0 +/- 12.3 vs 137.0 +/- 13.1 NS). Mean diastolic blood pressure did not increase significantly at 2572 m in either group (respectively from 74.5 +/- 90 to 80.1 +/- 7.9 NS and from 88.3 +/- 10.2 to 94.7 +/- 10.7 NS) even if blood pressure increase was relevant in some hypertensive subjects. During the monitoring, heart rate increased at 2752 m in both groups, even if this difference was significant in the hypertensive group only (respectively 82.8 +/- 11.8 vs 94.3 +/- 13.2 in normotensive subjects-NS-and 88.0 +/- 6.3 vs 104.0 +/- 7.8 in hypertensive subjects-p less than 0.001). During the ergometric test submaximal systolic blood pressure (100 and 150 watts) increased slightly in both groups, but this difference was significant in hypertensive subjects at a workload of 150 watts only (208.3 +/- 18.2 vs 219.3 +/- 19.2 p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Cardiologia di Mirano, Venezia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Este
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mantovan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Este
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Artusi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allibardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zerio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pascotto
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Comportamento della pressione arteriosa a riposo e da sforzo in normotesi e ipertesi sottoposti a ipossia acuta da media quota.