From the Georgetown University Medical Division, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American College of Angiology.
From the Georgetown University Medical Division, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia. Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American College of Angiology, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 9-14, 1977. The finding of an elevated blood pressure on causal examination does not necessarily document the existence of hypertension. It is well known that arterial blood pressure may be elevated for a variety of physiologic reasons. Blood pressure elevations in response to muscular exercise and to emotional