BackgroundPostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system. Approximately 30% of patients experience orthostatic headaches.
Debora Cipriani+8 more
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Squamous Carcinoma of the Lung Presenting as Migraine-Type Headache: A Case Report
Introduction: Orthostatic hypotension has long been recognised as a paraneoplastic effect of lung cancer. Lung cancer presenting with orthostatic hypotension and migraine-type headaches has not been previously described in the literature.
Eswaran Waran
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Postsynaptic α1-Adrenergic vasoconstriction is impaired in young patients with vasovagal syncope and is corrected by nitric oxide synthase inhibition [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Syncope is a sudden transient loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery; the most common form is vasovagal syncope (VVS).
Medow, MS+6 more
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Postprandial Hypotension due to a Lack of Sympathetic Compensation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. [PDF]
Postprandial hypotension is an important hemodynamic abnormality in diabetes mellitus, but few reports are available on the relationship between autonomic dysfunction and postprandial hypotension.
Katayama, Yusuke+7 more
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Fludrocortisone for orthostatic hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension is an excessive fall in blood pressure (BP) while standing and is the result of a decrease in cardiac output or defective or inadequate vasoconstrictor mechanisms. Fludrocortisone is a mineralocorticoid that increases blood volume and blood pressure. Fludrocortisone is considered the first- or second-line pharmacological therapy
Stephanie Veazie+6 more
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Analysis of short-term blood pressure variability in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma patients [PDF]
Data on short-term blood pressure variability (BPV), which is a well-established cardiovascular prognostic tool, in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) patients is still lack and conflicting.
Bisogni, V.+14 more
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ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION IN PSYCHIATRY (A LITERATURE REVIEW WITH AUTHORS’ COMMENTS)
Purpose. To provide the reader with a thorough overview of epidemiology, potential risk factors, etiological causes, and pathogenetic mechanisms of the development of orthostatic hypotension in psychiatry.
Roman Aleksandrovich Bekker+1 more
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Orthostatic hypotension: An overlooked but clinically decisive entity
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is defined as a drop of >20 mm Hg of systolic or >10 mm Hg of diastolic blood pressure (BP) within 3 min of standing from lying position. It is a common geriatric syndrome caused by impaired orthostatic response of BP.
Gunja Jain+3 more
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Neurovisceral phenotypes in the expression of psychiatric symptoms [PDF]
This review explores the proposal that vulnerability to psychological symptoms, particularly anxiety, originates in constitutional differences in the control of bodily state, exemplified by a set of conditions that include Joint Hypermobility, Postural ...
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The management of orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson's disease
Orthostatic hypotension is a common and disabling symptom affecting Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. We present the effect of the different therapies commonly used to manage Parkinson’s disease on this clinical manifestation.
Alvaro eSanchez-Ferro+2 more
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