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Inverted circadian variation of arterial pressure in a geriatric patient: an indicator of autonomic dysfunction

BACKGROUND: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in geriatric patients frequently involves a component of autonomic failure (AF). The combination of OH with nocturnal hypertension (NHT) is indicative of AF, which is described as pure (PAF), when neurologic symptoms are absent, or as multisystem atrophy (MSA...

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Autores principales: Lieten, Siddhartha, Debain, Aziz, Bravenboer, Bert, Mets, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33648443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02059-3