Aerobic Exercise and Endothelium

Regular aerobic exercise augments endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in normotensive and hypertensive subjects: role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide.

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Regular aerobic exercise prevents and restores age-related declines in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy men.

BACKGROUND In sedentary humans endothelium-dependent vasodilation is impaired with advancing age contributing to their increased cardiovascular risk, whereas endurance-trained adults demonstrate lower age-related risk. We determined the influence of regular aerobic exercise on the age-related decline in endothelium-dependent vasodilation. METHODS AND RESULTS In a cross-sectional study, 68 hea...

Exercise and the Aging Endothelium

The endothelium plays a critical role in the maintenance of cardiovascular health by producing nitric oxide and other vasoactive materials. Aging is associated with a gradual decline in this functional aspect of endothelial regulation of cardiovascular homeostasis. Indeed, age is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and is in part an important factor in the increased exponenti...

Regular aerobic exercise training improves endothelium-dependent arterial dilation in patients with impaired fasting glucose.

V ehkavaara et al. (1) demonstrated that impaired endothel iumdependent arterial dilation characterizes patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on endothelium-dependent arterial dilation in subjects with IFG using noninvasive measurement of flowmediated, endothelium-dependent dilation of the brachial artery.

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