Local Passive Heat for the Treatment of Hypertension in Autonomic Failure

Local Passive Heat for the Treatment of Hypertension in Autonomic Failure

Background Supine hypertension affects a majority of patients with autonomic failure; it is associated with end‐organ damage and can worsen daytime orthostatic hypotension by inducing pressure diuresis and volume loss during the night. Because sympathetic activation prevents blood pressure (BP) from...

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Main Authors: Luis E. Okamoto, Jorge E. Celedonio, Emily C. Smith, Alfredo Gamboa, Cyndya A. Shibao, André Diedrich, Sachin Y. Paranjape, Bonnie K. Black, James A. S. Muldowney, Amanda C. Peltier, Ralf Habermann, Craig G. Crandall, Italo Biaggioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
autonomic failure
heat
orthostatic hypotension
supine hypertension
thermoregulation
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.018979

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