Association between post-ischemic forearm blood flow and blood pressure response to maximal exercise in well trained healthy young men

Predictors for coronary artery disease in patients with paradoxical systolic blood pressure elevation during recovery after graded exercise

“…A paradoxical increase in stroke volume and systemic vascular resistance with exaggerated sympathetic activity were also demonstrated after exercise [8]. An increase in SBP after exercise is associated with impaired endothelial function [9]. These studies supported hypotheses that mechanisms of paradoxical SBP elevation during recovery phase might be due to recovery from transient myocardial ischemia, exaggerated sympathetic activity and impaired endothelial function at, and immediately after maximal exercise testing.…”

Systolic blood pressure during recovery from exercise is related to flow-mediated dilatation in patients with coronary artery disease

“…Previous reports have shown a relation between exercise parameters during EST and FMD in healthy subjects 1 2 9. This is the first report demonstrating a significant relationship between FMD and the change in SBP at 1 min after exercise in patients with CAD.…”

“…Therefore, it is thought that SBP during recovery from exercise might significantly correlate with endothelial function in CAD. Previous studies have shown a possible relationship between blood pressure response to maximal exercise and physiological mechanisms underlying arterial vasodilatation in well-trained healthy young subjects 9. However, little is known about the relation between exercise parameters during exercise stress testing (EST) and flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) in patients with CAD.…”

Relation of flow-mediated dilation to global arterial load: Impact of hypertension and additional cardiovascular risk factors

“…Significantly increased arterial load was defined by % of predicted SV/PP b 71.6%, which was proven to be prognostically significant [17]. FMD was assessed by standardized methodology [7,24,28,29]. FMD was related to nitroglycerin-mediated brachial artery dilation (NMD) by a standardized protocol to increase the specificity of FMD as an indicator of endothelial dysfunction [24].…”