CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS AND HEART FAILURE INCIDENCE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

Objective:Hypertension (HTN) is one of the most common risk factors for congestive heart failure (HF). Evidence suggests that increased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may attenuate the risk of CHF in the general population. However, it is not known if the increased HF risk attributed to HTN can be