[Dynamics of physical work capacity in patients with hypertension after long-term hypotensive therapy]

Sixty-two patients with essential hypertension of stage I, II and III were studied for their ability for physical work in the course of a long-term (up to 5 years) hypotensive therapy. The regular use of drugs was shown to restore effectively the hypertensive patients' tolerance to exercise whereas an intermittent irregular therapy produced no significant increase in this tolerance.