Autoregulatory cerebral vasodilation occurs during orthostatic hypotension in patients with primary autonomic failure
Autoregulatory cerebral vasodilation occurs during orthostatic hypotension in patients with primary autonomic failure
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02292768
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发表时间:
2001-12-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Kaufmann, H
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作者:
Horowitz, DR;Kaufmann, H
It is unclear whet-her patients with autonomic failure autoregulate cerebral blood flow during hypotension. The objective in this study was to examine cerebral autoregulatory capacity in patients with autonomic failure by studying changes in middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography before, during, and after tilt-induced hypotension. Nine patients with primary autonomic failure were evaluated. Mean arterial pressure and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity were simultaneously recorded while the patients were in the supine position, during 60 degrees head-up tilt, and after they were returned to the horizontal position. The results were as follows: during tilt-induced hypotension, mean arterial pressure decreased significantly more than middle cerebral artery mean blood flow velocity (58% versus 36%, p