title: [Decrease in systolic blood pressure during physical exertion in stress tests].
abstract: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the significance of exercise induced hypotension and to estimate the relationship of the hypotensive response to other associate findings. One hundred and four coronary patients (the average age was 54 years), underwent treadmill testing. Hypotension during exercise testing was defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure for 10 mmHg or more, below the peak value in effort. Left ventricular function (at rest) was studied by polycardiographic and echoradiographic methods. Eleven patients showed hypotensive response. There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of ventricular galop, electrocardiographycally extensive cicatrix and in the values of cardiothoracic ratio, systolic and diastolic time intervals between patients with hypotensive response and patients without abnormal blood pressure response. Decrease in systolic blood pressure during graded treadmill exercise testing was associated with greater prevalence of left ventricular dysfunction and exercise induced ischaemia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavlović
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013599:Systole
vernacular_title: Pad sistolnog arterijskog pritiska u fizickom naporu prilikom testiranja opterećenja.