Utility of the cold pressor test to predict future cardiovascular events.

The objective of this review is to give an overview of the history and methodology of the CPT, and clinical utility in possibly predicting CV evens in CAD and other atherosclerotic disease. Secondly we will discuss possible future applications of the CPT in clinical care. Expert Opinion: An important issue to address is the fact that the physiology of the CPT is not fully understood at this moment. As pointed out multiple mechanisms might be responsible for contributing to either coronary vasodilatation or coronary vasoconstriction. Regarding the physiological mechanism of the CPT and its effect on the measurements of the carotid artery reactivity even less is known. PMID: 30916592 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy - Category: Cardiology Tags: Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther Source Type: research