Limited exercise tolerance and dyspnea in patients with uncomplicated hypertension may pose a diagnostic challenge, particularly when blood pressure is normal and assessment results do not support a diagnosis of heart failure. The purpose of this study was to assess the differences in central blood pressure (cBP) response to exercise between females with hypertension and good exercise tolerance (non-dyspneic females, nDFs
n = 27) and those with dyspnea on exertion (dyspneic females, DFs
n = 25). We also investigated the relations of cBP and its dynamics with peak oxygen consumption (peak VO