Lefferts WK, et al. - Researchers compared the changes in arterial stiffness and cerebrovascular pulsatility following acute aerobic exercise in 30 adults with treated hypertension (HTN) and 30 age, sex, and BMI-matched adults without HTN (56 ± 6 years, BMI 28.2 ± 2.9 kg/m²; 28 women). Study participants performed 30-minute cycling (≈55% peak oxygen consumption) and were examined for hemodynamic measures before and after the exercise. Using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and ultrasound, they assessed aortic stiffness and carotid artery stiffness, respectively. Doppler was used for measuring carotid/middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood velocity pulsatility indices. Findings revealed that, vs age, sex, and BMI-matched adults without HTN, increases in aortic stiffness and cerebrovascular hemodynamic pulsatility were similar during early recovery from acute aerobic exercise in adults with treated HTN.