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Eduardo Arrais Rocha
, Niraj Mehta
, Maria Zildany Pinheiro Távora-Mehta
, Camila Ferreira Roncari
, Alan Alves de Lima Cidrão
, [...]
Eduardo Arrais Rocha
, Niraj Mehta
, Maria Zildany Pinheiro Távora-Mehta
, Camila Ferreira Roncari
, Alan Alves de Lima Cidrão
, [...]
General and Cardiovascular Clinical Manifestations The pathologies that affect the autonomic nervous system (ANS) can manifest in different ways, depending on the etiology, degree of impairment, disease duration, presence of comorbidities, age or use of associated drugs. Many symptoms can be completely debilitating, such as severe pain in peripheral neuropathy and falls or syncope in autonomic neuropathies. Progression to severe orthostatic intolerance may occur in more advanced cases of dysautonomies, with severe early orthostatic hypotension and supine hypertension, making treatment […]
Keywords: Autonomic Nervous System; Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy; Diabetes; Fatigue; Hypotension, Orthostatic; Hypothension, Postural; Primary Dysautonomias; Primary Dysautonomies; Syncope
Esteban W. Rivarola, Mauricio I. Scanavacca
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180127
Cardiac autonomic nervous system dysfunction has been implicated in several different pathological scenarios with a wide range of clinical relevance and risk. Early detection of autonomic changes, either provoked for therapeutic purposes or as a complication of a primary disorder, such as diabetes mellitus (DM) is of essence for the best management of patients. Classic (linear) analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) has been routinely used to assess autonomic behavior in diabetic patients in order to promptly detect neuropathy, one […]
Keywords: Autonomic Nervous System Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Neuropathies/prevention; Heart Rate; Nonlinear Dynamics; Primary Dysautonomias