Autonomic dysfunction in acute ischemic stroke: An underexplored therapeutic area?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 24-34

  De Raedt, Sylvie ^a   De Vos, Aurelie ^a   De Keyser, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute; Autonomic; HRV; Insula; Ischemic stroke; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONIDINE; DONEPEZIL; GHRELIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDEMA; ELECTRICALLY INDUCED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INSULA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STROKE PATIENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE INVERSION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VAGUS NERVE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84921019357     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.12.007     Document Type: Review

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