Medical Definition of Cold pressor test

1. A cardiocirculatory challenge conventionally performed by immersing one hand in ice cold water for two or more minutes (as tolerated) to acutely raise the blood pressure, thus imposing resistance to ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic arterial system and consequently acutely increased afterload (afterload = increased left ventricular wall stress). Synonym: Hines-Brown test. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold Pressor Test

cold hands, warm heart
cold in the head
cold injury
cold insoluble globulin
cold light
cold meat
cold meats
cold medicine
cold nodule
cold one
cold open
cold opens
cold pack
cold pressed
cold pressor test (current term)
cold processed
cold read
cold reading
cold readings
cold roll
cold rubber
cold sell
cold sensitive enzyme
cold short
cold shoulder
cold shoulders
cold sleep
cold smoking
cold snap

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