Cardiovascular medication seems to promote recovery of autonomic dysfunction after stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke may compromise cardiovascular-autonomic modulation (CAM). The longitudinal post-stroke CAM alterations remain unclear as previous studies excluded patients with cardiovascular medication. This study evaluated whether CAM dysfunction improves after several months in patients under typical clinical conditions, i.e., without excluding patients with cardiovascular medication.

Methods

In 82 ischemic stroke patients [33 women, 64.9 ± 8.9 years, NIHSS-scores 2 (interquartile range 1-5)], we evaluated the applications of cardiovascular medication before stroke, during autonomic tests performed within 1 week, 3 and 6 months after stroke onset. We determined resting RR intervals (RRI), systolic, diastolic blood pressures (BPsys), respiration, parameters reflecting to

SUBMITTER: Wang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature