Blood pressure response to six-minute walk test in hypertensive subjects exposed to high altitude: effects of antihypertensive combination treatment

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Sep 15:219:27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.169. Epub 2016 May 3.

¹ Dept. of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, S. Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Departamento de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y el Movimiento Humano, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile.
² Dept. of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, S. Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Dept. of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, S. Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Dept. of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy;
⁴ Laboratorio de Fisiologia Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁵ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Dept. of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, S. Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Dept. of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy;. Electronic address: gianfranco.parati@unimib.it.

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Keywords: Blood pressure; Exercise; High altitude hypoxia; Hypertension; Six-minute walk test.

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