Exercise testing in hypertensive patients taking different angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

Autor: Maria Angela M. Q. Carreira, Leandro R. Tavares, Rafaela F. Leite, Jamila C. Ribeiro, Antônio C. Santos, Karla G. Pereira, Guilhermo C. Velarde, Antonio Claudio L. Nóbrega
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 80, Iss 2, Pp 133-137 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0066-782X
1678-4170
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003000200002
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure response to dynamic exercise in hypertensive patients taking trandolapril or captopril. METHODS: We carried out a prospective, randomized, blinded study with 40 patients with primary hypertension and no other associated disease. The patients were divided into 2 groups (n=20), paired by age, sex, race, and body mass index, and underwent 2 symptom-limited exercise tests on a treadmill before and after 30 days of treatment with captopril (75 to 150 mg/day) or trandolapril (2 to 4 mg/day). RESULTS: The groups were similar prior to treatment (p
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