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Figure 4 Cardiovascular response to handgrip and arm-tensing in healthy subjects. A progressive and similar rise in systolic blood pressure (SBP) was recorded, with a rapid decline toward baseline values at the end of the maneuvers. Heart rate (HR) also rose during the contraction, whereas in the syncope patients it fell.
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