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Vasoconstrictor reserve and sympathetic neural control of orthostasis.
Circulation - 2 Nov 2004
Fu Qi, Witkowski Sarah, Levine Benjamin D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that individual variability in orthostatic tolerance is dependent on the degree of neural and vasomotor reserve available for vasoconstriction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and hemodynamics were measured in 12 healthy young volunteers during 60 degrees head-up tilt (HUT), followed by a cold pressor test (CPT) in HUT. Orthostatic tolerance was...
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