An Exaggerated Blood Pressure Response to Treadmill Exercise does not Increase the Likelihood that Exercise Echocardiograms are Abnormal in Men or Women

Patients who have exaggerated blood pressure responses to exercise are not more likely to have abnormal exercise echocardiographic findings than those with normal blood pressure responses. The majority of patients who have echocardiographic abnormalities and subsequently undergo coronary angiography have substantial (≥50% stenosis) coronary artery disease.