Diurnal variation in time to presyncope and associated circulatory changes during a controlled orthostatic challenge

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lewis, N C S ^a   Atkinson, G ^a   Lucas, S J E ^b   Grant, E J M ^b   Jones, H ^a   Tzeng, Y C ^b   Horsman, H ^b   Ainslie, P N ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascualr circulation; Diurnal variation; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCULATION; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAD TILTING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; POSTURE; STROKE VOLUME; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77954419493     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00030.2010     Document Type: Article

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