Orthostatic hypotension: Epidemiology, prognosis, and treatment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 848-860

  Ricci, Fabrizio ^a   De Caterina, Raffaele ^a   Fedorowski, Artur ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autonomic dysfunction; cardiovascular events; orthostatic hypotension; postural homeostasis

Indexed keywords

BENAZEPRIL; CANDESARTAN; DESMOPRESSIN; DROXIDOPA; ENALAPRIL; EPHEDRINE; EPROSARTAN; FELODIPINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; ISRADIPINE; LOSARTAN; MIDODRINE; MOEXIPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RAMIPRIL; VALSARTAN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; AMYLOIDOSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY POSTURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DOPAMINE BETA HYDROLASE DEFICIENCY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FLUID INTAKE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PACEMAKER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PURE AUTONOMIC FAILURE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; VENOUS STASIS; VOLUME DEPLETION; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DROXIDOPA; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939546831     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.1084     Document Type: Review

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