[The influence of a combined diurectic-beta-receptorblocker therapy on elevated exercise blood pressures. Ergometric investigations in hypertensive patients (author's transl)].

In hypertensive patients physical exercise can induce considerable increases of blood pressure. This means particularly for elder patients a high risk of cardiovascular complications. Therefore we investigated in 13 elder patients suffering from arterial hypertension the effect of a hypotensive combined therapy with a diuretic and a beta-receptorblocker on elevated blood pressures during and after ergometric work. Apart from the reduction of the blood pressure at rest, especially the systolic and diastolic blood pressure during exercise was lowered significantly. In addition to a diuretic hypotensive therapy a beta-receptorblocker can be of great benefit also for elder patients particularly in order to reduce elevated exercise blood pressures.