Unusually large ephedrine-induced blood pressure increases due to cardiac sympathetic denervation supersensitivity in a patient with Parkinson’s disease

Unusually large ephedrine-induced blood pressure increases due to cardiac sympathetic denervation supersensitivity in a patient with Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients often suffer from cardiac sympathetic denervation, a hallmark of which is orthostatic hypotension. Denervation supersensitivity to sympathomimetic drugs is also seen in such patients, and this phenomenon is important and can be sometimes dangerou...

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Main Authors: Toru Shirai, Atsuhiro Kitaura, Keiji Uehara, Tomohisa Uchida, Masaki Fuyuta, Tatushige Iwamoto, Kenji Hiramatsu, Shinichi Nakao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Cardiac sympathetic denervation
Denervation supersensitivity
Ephedrine
Metaiodobenzylguanidine
Parkinson’s disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-018-0181-2

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