European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 366-368 , July 2009

High blood pressure response to stress ergometry could predict future hypertension

  • Raymond Farah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine B, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 4 6828946; fax: +972 4 6828116.
    • ,
  • Revital Shurtz-Swirski

      Affiliations

    • Eliachar Research Laboratory, Western Galilee Hospital, 22100, Nahariya, Israel
    • ,
  • Makhoul Nicola

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Medicine, Western Galilee Hospital, 22100, Nahariya, Israel

Received 16 April 2008 ,Revised 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 24 September 2008.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00278-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.09.016

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 366-368 , July 2009

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