Autonomic dysfunction in acute ischemic stroke: an underexplored therapeutic area?
Impaired autonomic function, characterized by a predominance of sympathetic activity, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke. This review describes methods to measure autonomic dysfunction in stroke patients. It summarizes a potential relationship between ischemic stroke-associated autonomic dysfunction and factors that have been associated with worse outcome, including cardiac complications, blood pressure variability changes, hyperglycemia, immune depression, sleep disordered breathing, thrombotic effects, and malignant edema.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Category: Neurology Authors: Sylvie De Raedt, Aurelie De Vos, Jacques De Keyser Source Type: research
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