Kingwell B, Jennings G, Dart D
Four weeks of cycling augments forearm vasoconstrictor response
to L-NMMA
16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension
ISH Abstract Book
(Jun) 16: 1996
Ten young sedentary adults had four weeks of 3 x 30 minutes cycle
exercise. This resulted in an increased response to L-NMMA and
acetylcholine but no change in the response to sodium nitroprusside
using forearm pletysmography. The conclusion of the study was, that
exercise seemed to improve endothelial function.
Comment: This is an interesting and novel finding that
exercise improves endothelial function. It needs to be confirmed but
may explain the beneficial effects of exercise on cardiovascular risk
(Alan Jardine, M.D., Glasgow University, Scotland).
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H: Non drug therapy :
Role of exercise
H: Pathophysiology :
Endothelium, Nitric Oxide