My Systolic Blood Pressure Declined During My Last Stress Test

Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2019

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Question : My Systolic Blood Pressure declined during my last stress test. Is this normal or should I be concerned -- Thanks XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr Sameer Maheshwari (-5 hours later)

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Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome.
This is Dr Sameer, cardiologist.
During stress test the normal phenomenon is increase in heart rate and simultaneous increase in BP.
Persistent Fall in BP during stress test generally denotes sympathetic incompetency (means the sympathetic system in under working).
It could also be normally present if you get too fatigued during stress.
Thanks and regards

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