Patients with a hypertensive response to exercise have impaired systolic function without diastolic dysfunction or left ventricular hypertrophy
Philip M. Mottram, MBBS, FRACP*,
Brian Haluska, MS*,
Satoshi Yuda, MD*,
Rodel Leano, BS* and
Thomas H. Marwick, MBBS, PhD, FACC*,*
* University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Figure 1 Mean segmental strain rate and peak systolic strain at rest in hypertensive response to exercise (HRE) patients with and without hypertension (HT) and in control subjects. *p < 0.001 versus controls using the Bonferroni adjustment.
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Figure 2 Cyclic variation of integrated backscatter (IB) in hypertensive response to exercise (HRE) patients with and without hypertension (HT) and in control subjects. *p = 0.002 versus controls, p = 0.001 versus controls using the Bonferroni adjustment.
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