A case report of clonidine induced syncope: a review of central actions of an old cardiovascular drug

BACKGROUND: Clonidine is an imidazoline sympatholytic, acting on both α(2)-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors in the brainstem to induce antihypertensive and negative chronotropic effects in the vasculature and heart respectively. CASE PRESENTATION: A 69-year-old gentleman with hypertension presen...

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Autores principales: Sandweiss, Alexander J., Morrison, Christopher M., Spichler, Anne, Rozich, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29433586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-018-0198-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29433586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-018-0198-1

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