OBSERVATIONS ON SOME POSSIBLE PRECURSORS OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. VI. COMPARISON OF THE CIRCULATORY REACTIVITY TO THE COLD PRESSOR TEST AND TO THE SMOKING TEST
Authors: C B THOMAS, E A MURPHY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 April 1959OBSERVATIONS ON SOME POSSIBLE PRECURSORS OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. VI. COMPARISON OF THE CIRCULATORY REACTIVITY TO THE COLD PRESSOR TEST AND TO THE SMOKING TESTCAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDMOND A. MURPHY, M.D.CAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDMOND A. MURPHY, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-4-970 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn studying the physiologic characteristics of Johns Hopkins medical students as part of a long-term investigation of the precursors of hypertension and/or coronary disease, we have used several standardized stress tests, including the cold pressor test and the ballistocardiographic smoking test, in order to observe individual differences in circulatory reactivity.1-5It is generally recognized that hypertensive patients show greater lability of blood pressure under various forms of stress than do normotensive persons. That such lability of blood pressure is a characteristic of the individual whichprecedesthe development of hypertension was indicated by studies of Levy, Hillman, Stroud and White,...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 5, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.This study was supported in part by the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, in part by Research Grant H-1891, National Heart Institute, and in part by Research Contract V1001 M-2768, Veterans Administration.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Caroline Bedell Thomas, M.D., 700 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore 5, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNicotine and caffeine effects on the task-elicited blood pressure responseA multivariate analysis of circulatory data and their relationship to later diseaseCardiovascular Effects of Cold Pressor Tests, 40° Head-up Tilt, and Smoking on Smokers and Non-smokersPrognostic value of the cold pressor test and the basal blood pressureOne cause? 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