Response of peripheral arterial pulse wave velocity to acute exercise in patients after recent myocardial infarction and healthy controls

Many studies found increased central arterial stiffness and poor endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Acute exercise has been shown to decrease peripheral pulse wave velocity (pPWV) in young healthy volunteers. We hypothesized the response to acute exercise to be diminished in CAD patients compared to healthy young (HY) and age-matched (HAM) controls.In 21 patients after recent myocardial infarction (CAD), 11 HAM...