Chronic orthostatic intolerance: A disorder with discordant cardiac and vascular sympathetic control

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2154-2159

  Furlan, Raffaello ^a   Jacob, Giris ^a   Snell, Marie ^a   Robertson, David ^a   Porta, Alberto ^b   Harris, Paul ^a   Mosqueda Garcia, Rogelio ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreceptors; Blood pressure; Nervous system; Norepinephrine; Syncope

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032542020     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.20.2154     Document Type: Article

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