OS 37-04 EFFECTS OF WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION ON HEART RATE RECOVERY AND BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSE DURING EXERCISE TESTING.

Objective:Increased sympathetic activity is one of the proposed mechanisms underlying exaggerated blood pressure (BP) response to exercise (EBPR). Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a simple non-invasive measurement analyzing autonomic nervous dysfunction, and has been shown to predict cardiovascular dise