3 Months Of Nitrate Plus Exercise Training Increases Performance More Than Training Alone In Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is the manifestation of a failure to adequately supply blood flow and O2 to working tissues and presents as claudication pain during walking, which subsides with rest. Nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is essential for vascular health and is implicated in exercise performance. Plasma nitrite (NO2-) may act as a protected circulating source that can be converted to NO during hypoxic conditions. We have previously...