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Effects of moderate and severe arterial hypotension on intracerebral perfusion and brain tissue oxygenation in piglets. Br J Anaesth 2018; 121:1308-1315. [PMID: 30442258 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypotension is common in anaesthetised children, and its impact on cerebral oxygenation is unknown. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of moderate systemic arterial hypotension (mHT) and severe hypotension (sHT) on cerebral perfusion and brain tissue oxygenation in piglets. METHODS Twenty-seven anaesthetised piglets were randomly allocated to a control group, mHT group, or sHT group. Cerebral monitoring comprised a tissue oxygen partial pressure ( [Formula: see text] ) and laser Doppler (LD) perfusion probe advanced into the brain tissue, and a near-infrared spectroscopy sensor placed over the skin measuring regional oxygen saturation (rSO2). Arterial hypotension was induced by blood withdrawal and i.v. nitroprusside infusion [target MAP: 35-38 (mHT) and 27-30 (sHT) mm Hg]. Data were analysed at baseline, and every 20 min during and after treatment. RESULTS Compared with control, [Formula: see text] decreased equally with mHT and sHT [mean (SD) after 60 min: control: 17.1 (6.4); mHT: 6.4 (3.6); sHT: 7.2 (4.3) mm Hg]. No differences between groups were detected for rSO2 and LD during treatment. However, in the sHT group, rSO2 increased after restoring normotension [from 49.3 (9.5) to 58.9 (8.9)% Post60]. sHT was associated with an increase in blood lactate [from 1.5 (0.4) to 2.4 (0.9) mmol L-1], and a decrease in bicarbonate [28 (2.4) to 25.8 (2.6) mmol L-1] and base excess [4.7 (1.9) to 2.0 (2.7) mmol L-1] between baseline and 60 min after the start of the experiment. CONCLUSIONS Induction of mHT and sHT by hypovolaemia and nitroprusside infusion caused alterations in brain tissue oxygenation in a piglet model, but without detectable changes in brain tissue perfusion and regional oxygen saturation.
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Willeford B. Orthostatic hypotension in the anesthetized rabbit in the sitting position exceeds cerebral autoregulation. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2011; 23:11-15. [PMID: 22865437 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp.2011.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Orthostatic hypotension and cerebral autoregulation have been extensively studied in the rabbit. However, these physiologic responses have not been previously studied utilizing a rabbit in the sitting position under anesthesia. METHODS This unusual position was obtained as the preferred orientation based on geometry requirements of associated equipment for a study of osteoarthritis of the knee. Rabbits for this experiment did not survive and an additional experimental condition was developed to elucidate the mechanism and cause of death. The carotid artery pressure was measured under general anesthesia with incremental tilt testing to achieve the sitting position. RESULTS Under this condition, rabbits developed orthostatic hypotension and did not survive. CONCLUSIONS According to previous studies of orthostatic hypotension and limits of cerebral autoregulation, it is concluded that orthostatic hypotension in the anesthetized rabbit in the sitting position exceeds cerebral autoregulation.
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Selim M, Jones R, Novak P, Zhao P, Novak V. The effects of body mass index on cerebral blood flow velocity. Clin Auton Res 2008; 18:331-8. [PMID: 18726054 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0490-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Obesity is a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease. We aimed to determine the effects of high body mass index (BMI) on cerebral blood flow regulation in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and stroke. METHODS We analyzed data from 90 controls, 30 diabetics, 45 hypertensives, and 32 ischemic stroke patients who underwent transcranial Doppler for evaluation of blood flow velocities (BFV) in the middle cerebral arteries (MCA) and cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) during supine rest and head-up tilt. This study was a cross-sectional analysis. We used a structural equation multiple indicators modeling to determine the effects of BMI and other background variables (age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol use, and systolic blood pressure) on cerebral BFV. RESULTS Higher BMI (P = 0.02) and age (P = 0.004) were associated with lower mean BFV during baseline, independent of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, hypertension or stroke, and after adjusting for all background variables and vessel diameters. Men, especially those with stroke, had a lower mean BFV than women (P = 0.01). CVR increased with BMI (P = 0.001) at baseline and during head-up tilt (P = 0.02), and was elevated in obese subjects (P = 0.004) compared to normal weight subjects across all groups. INTERPRETATION High BMI is associated with a reduction in cerebral BFV and increased CVR. These findings indicate that obesity can adversely affect cerebral blood flow and resistance in the cerebrovascular bed, independent of diagnosis of type-2 diabetes, hypertension or stroke. Obesity may contribute to cerebromicrovascular disease, and affect clinical functional outcomes of the older population.
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- Magdy Selim
- Dept. of Neurology, Stroke Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Chen Z, Hu K, Stanley HE, Novak V, Ivanov PC. Cross-correlation of instantaneous phase increments in pressure-flow fluctuations: applications to cerebral autoregulation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 73:031915. [PMID: 16605566 PMCID: PMC2140229 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.031915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We investigate the relationship between the blood flow velocities (BFV) in the middle cerebral arteries and beat-to-beat blood pressure (BP) recorded from a finger in healthy and post-stroke subjects during the quasisteady state after perturbation for four different physiologic conditions: supine rest, head-up tilt, hyperventilation, and CO2 rebreathing in upright position. To evaluate whether instantaneous BP changes in the steady state are coupled with instantaneous changes in the BFV, we compare dynamical patterns in the instantaneous phases of these signals, obtained from the Hilbert transform, as a function of time. We find that in post-stroke subjects the instantaneous phase increments of BP and BFV exhibit well-pronounced patterns that remain stable in time for all four physiologic conditions, while in healthy subjects these patterns are different, less pronounced, and more variable. We propose an approach based on the cross-correlation of the instantaneous phase increments to quantify the coupling between BP and BFV signals. We find that the maximum correlation strength is different for the two groups and for the different conditions. For healthy subjects the amplitude of the cross-correlation between the instantaneous phase increments of BP and BFV is small and attenuates within 3-5 heartbeats. In contrast, for post-stroke subjects, this amplitude is significantly larger and cross-correlations persist up to 20 heartbeats. Further, we show that the instantaneous phase increments of BP and BFV are cross-correlated even within a single heartbeat cycle. We compare the results of our approach with three complementary methods: direct BP-BFV cross-correlation, transfer function analysis, and phase synchronization analysis. Our findings provide insight into the mechanism of cerebral vascular control in healthy subjects, suggesting that this control mechanism may involve rapid adjustments (within a heartbeat) of the cerebral vessels, so that BFV remains steady in response to changes in peripheral BP.
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- Zhi Chen
- Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Novak V, Yang ACC, Lepicovsky L, Goldberger AL, Lipsitz LA, Peng CK. Multimodal pressure-flow method to assess dynamics of cerebral autoregulation in stroke and hypertension. Biomed Eng Online 2004; 3:39. [PMID: 15504235 PMCID: PMC529459 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925x-3-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background This study evaluated the effects of stroke on regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to fluctuations in systemic blood pressure (BP). The autoregulatory dynamics are difficult to assess because of the nonstationarity and nonlinearity of the component signals. Methods We studied 15 normotensive, 20 hypertensive and 15 minor stroke subjects (48.0 ± 1.3 years). BP and blood flow velocities (BFV) from middle cerebral arteries (MCA) were measured during the Valsalva maneuver (VM) using transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Results A new technique, multimodal pressure-flow analysis (MMPF), was implemented to analyze these short, nonstationary signals. MMPF analysis decomposes complex BP and BFV signals into multiple empirical modes, representing their instantaneous frequency-amplitude modulation. The empirical mode corresponding to the VM BP profile was used to construct the continuous phase diagram and to identify the minimum and maximum values from the residual BP (BPR) and BFV (BFVR) signals. The BP-BFV phase shift was calculated as the difference between the phase corresponding to the BPR and BFVR minimum (maximum) values. BP-BFV phase shifts were significantly different between groups. In the normotensive group, the BFVR minimum and maximum preceded the BPR minimum and maximum, respectively, leading to large positive values of BP-BFV shifts. Conclusion In the stroke and hypertensive groups, the resulting BP-BFV phase shift was significantly smaller compared to the normotensive group. A standard autoregulation index did not differentiate the groups. The MMPF method enables evaluation of autoregulatory dynamics based on instantaneous BP-BFV phase analysis. Regulation of BP-BFV dynamics is altered with hypertension and after stroke, rendering blood flow dependent on blood pressure.
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- Vera Novak
- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine and Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine and Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine and Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Nakatou T, Nakata K, Nakamura A, Itoshima T. Carotid haemodynamic parameters as risk factors for cerebral infarction in Type 2 diabetic patients. Diabet Med 2004; 21:223-9. [PMID: 15008831 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of carotid haemodynamic parameters, i.e. the resistive index (RI) and the pulsatility index (PI), in estimating the risk of cerebral infarction in Type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS Three hundred and eighty-two Type 2 diabetic patients (223 men and 159 women; mean age 61 years, range 40-88; 40 had a history of cerebral infarction) and 110 control subjects were analysed in a cross-sectional study. All subjects underwent ultrasonography of the common carotid artery, with determination of intima-media thickness (IMT), RI, and PI. A SMART (Second Manifestations of ARTerial Disease) atherosclerosis risk score was determined for all diabetic patients. RESULTS The mean values for IMT, RI, and PI were increased in diabetic patients compared with control subjects, and they were significantly elevated in patients with previous cerebral infarction compared with patients without cerebral infarction. (IMT 0.88 +/- 0.22 vs. 0.77 +/- 0.19, P < 0.005; RI 0.77 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.75 +/- 0.06, P < 0.05; PI 1.88 +/- 0.36 vs. 1.71 +/- 0.36, P < 0.01) Significant but weak correlations were found between SMART risk scores and IMT, RI and PI (IMT r = 0.390, P < 0.0001; RI r = 0.346, P < 0.0001; PI r = 0.393, P < 0.0001). The multiple logistic model showed that both the IMT [odds ratio (OR) 6.50, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.42, 12.34] and the PI (OR 4.16, 95% CI 2.36, 7.34) were independent risk factors for cerebral infarction. The subjects who had an IMT of > 1.0 and a PI > 2.00 had a greater risk of developing a cerebral infarction than did the subjects who had an IMT of < 1.0 and a PI < 2.00 (OR 6.21, 95% CI 2.26, 17.05). CONCLUSIONS The results of this cross-sectional study showed that the measurement of haemodynamic parameters was useful, together with IMT, in estimating the risk of previous cerebral infarction in Type 2 diabetic patients. The predictive value of these parameters in identifying the risk of future cerebral infarction must await the results of future prospective studies.
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- T Nakatou
- Department of internal medicine, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Japan.
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Roatta S, Canova D, Bosone D, Micieli G, Passatore M. Noradrenergic constriction of cerebral arteries as detected by transcranial Doppler (TCD) in the rabbit. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2003; 29:1397-1404. [PMID: 14597336 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(03)00977-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Interpretation of transcranial Doppler (TCD) recordings requires assumptions about flow or diameter of the insonated vessel. This study aimed at assessing if activation of the sympathetic system could affect blood velocity (bv) in basal cerebral arteries. In anaesthetized rabbits, stimulation of cervical sympathetic nerve (cervSN) was used selectively to activate the sympathetic pathway to the head while monitoring bv in all major cerebral arteries. cervSN stimulation at 10 Hz produced: 1. in internal carotid artery (ICA) and ICA-supplied arteries (ICA-s), a consistent bv increase ranging between 20 and 70%, 2. in the basilar artery, a transient decrease by 15-30%. These effects were mimicked, in both territories, by injection of phenylephrine into the ICA. Because cerebral blood flow is known to be reduced by cervSN stimulation, the increase in bv in ICA and ICA-s must be ascribed to constriction of the insonated vessels. These effects should be considered when monitoring bv during sympathetic activation tests or exercise.
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- S Roatta
- Department of Neuroscience-Physiology Division, University of Torino Medical School, Torino, Italy.
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Frauchiger B, Schmid HP, Roedel C, Moosmann P, Staub D. Comparison of carotid arterial resistive indices with intima-media thickness as sonographic markers of atherosclerosis. Stroke 2001; 32:836-41. [PMID: 11283379 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.32.4.836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED Background and Purpose-The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery is a (morphological) sonographic parameter that depends on the degree of atherosclerosis. In the renal arteries, the value of the (hemodynamic) resistive index (RI) is correlated with the severity of atherosclerosis. In contrast to the well-known IMT, no study has yet applied the carotid RI to estimate generalized atherosclerosis. METHODS -The SMART atherosclerosis risk score was determined in 157 patients (94 men and 63 women; mean age 63 [range 19 to 80] years) with at least 1 vascular risk factor or a known vascular disease. Duplex sonography of the common carotid (CCA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) was then performed, with determination of IMT and RI. RESULTS -The mean risk score of all patients was 8.8+/-3.5 (range 1 to 17), the mean IMT value in the CCA was 0.727+/-0.161 mm, the mean RI in CCA was 0.79+/-0.066, and the mean RI in ICA was 0.661+/-0.082. Highly significant correlations were found between the score and IMT CCA and the score and RI ICA (r=0.62, P:<0.0001 and r=0.55, P:<0.0001). The score-RI CCA correlation was much less marked (r=0.354, P:<0.0001). The intraobserver and interobserver agreement was less for IMT than for RI CCA and ICA. The areas under the curve of the receiver operating curves to distinguish between low-risk and high-risk patients resulted in values of 0.86, 0.81, and 0.69 for IMT, RI ICA, and RI CCA, respectively. CONCLUSIONS -Although RI reflects the atherosclerotic process in an indirect manner, the correlation between the RI ICA and the SMART atherosclerosis score as well as the ability to distinguish between low- and high-risk patients are comparable to those of the well-known IMT.
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- B Frauchiger
- Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Angiology, Kantonsspital, Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
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Low PA, Novak V, Spies JM, Novak P, Petty GW. Cerebrovascular Regulation in the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Am J Med Sci 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40486-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Low PA, Novak V, Spies JM, Novak P, Petty GW. Cerebrovascular regulation in the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Am J Med Sci 1999; 317:124-33. [PMID: 10037116 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199902000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Patients with the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have symptoms of orthostatic intolerance despite having a normal orthostatic blood pressure (BP), which suggests some impairment of cerebrovascular regulation. Cerebrovascular autoregulation refers to the maintenance of normal cerebral blood flow in spite of changing BP. Mechanisms of autoregulation include myogenic, metabolic and neurogenic vasoregulation. Beat-to-beat recording of blood-flow velocity (BFV) is possible using transcranial Doppler imaging. It is possible to evaluate autoregulation by regressing deltaBFV to deltaBP during head-up tilt. A number of dynamic methods, relating deltaBFV to deltaBP during sudden induced changes in BP by occluding then releasing peripheral arterial flow or by the Valsalva maneuver. The deltaBFV to deltaBP provides an index of autoregulation. In orthostatic hypotension, the autoregulated range is typically expanded. In contrast, paradoxical vasoconstriction occurs in POTS because of an increased depth of respiration, resulting in hypocapnic cerebrovascular constriction, and impaired autoregulation.
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- P A Low
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Caron A, Menu P, Faivre-Fiorina B, Labrude P, Vigneron C. The effects of stroma-free and dextran-conjugated hemoglobin on hemodynamics and carotid blood flow in hemorrhaged guinea pigs. ARTIFICIAL CELLS, BLOOD SUBSTITUTES, AND IMMOBILIZATION BIOTECHNOLOGY 1999; 27:49-64. [PMID: 10063438 DOI: 10.3109/10731199909117483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hemoglobin solutions are potential resuscitative fluids with volume expanding and oxygen delivery abilities developed to reduce the use of blood transfusion. Most hemoglobin solutions in clinical trials increase transiently arterial pressure by inhibiting nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation. Our objective was to compare the effects on central hemodynamics and carotid blood flow of two hemoglobin solutions after resuscitation from hemorrhage in anesthetized guinea pigs. After anesthesia and instrumentation, severe hemorrhage was induced by withdrawing 50% of the blood volume. Resuscitation was performed after 15 min of hypovolemia with 5% albumin, stroma-free hemoglobin, or hemoglobin conjugated to dextran-benzenetetracarboxylate (Dex-BTC-Hb). The mean arterial pressure (MAP), carotid blood flow (CBF), vascular resistance index and heart rate (HR) were monitored for 3 hours after resuscitation. After hemorrhage, MAP and CBF dropped to 57.6 +/- 4.4% and 58.9 +/- 3.7% of control values respectively. Albumin failed to maintain hemodynamics in the decompensatory phase of shock. Both hemoglobin solutions gave rise to a transient increase in MAP (35%); stroma-free hemoglobin increased the CBF (150%) and resistance index (24%) whereas Dex-BTC-Hb had no effect on CBF and vascular resistances. None of the solutions affected the HR. Modified hemoglobin has attenuated effects on CBF and resistance index compared to stroma-free hemoglobin. This may be due to a balance between the stimulation of nitric oxide synthesis by shear-stress and the inhibition of vasodilation by nitric oxide trapping.
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- A Caron
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie & Physiologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France
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Novak V, Spies JM, Novak P, McPhee BR, Rummans TA, Low PA. Hypocapnia and cerebral hypoperfusion in orthostatic intolerance. Stroke 1998; 29:1876-81. [PMID: 9731612 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.29.9.1876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Orthostatic and other stresses trigger tachycardia associated with symptoms of tremulousness, shortness of breath, dizziness, blurred vision, and, often, syncope. It has been suggested that paradoxical cerebral vasoconstriction during head-up tilt might be present in patients with orthostatic intolerance. We chose to study middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow velocity (BFV) and cerebral vasoregulation during tilt in patients with orthostatic intolerance (OI). METHODS Beat-to-beat BFV from the MCA, heart rate, CO2, blood pressure (BP), and respiration were measured in 30 patients with OI (25 women and 5 men; age range, 21 to 44 years; mean age, 31.3+/-1.2 years) and 17 control subjects (13 women and 4 men; age range, 20 to 41 years; mean age, 30+/-1.6 years); ages were not statistically different. These indices were monitored during supine rest and head-up tilt (HUT). We compared spontaneous breathing and hyperventilation and evaluated the effect of CO2 rebreathing in these 2 positions. RESULTS The OI group had higher supine heart rates (P<0.001) and cardiac outputs (P<0.01) than the control group. In response to HUT, OI patients underwent a greater heart rate increment (P<0.001) and greater reductions in pulse pressure (P<0.01) and CO2 (P<0.001), but total systemic resistance failed to show an increment. Among the cerebrovascular indices, all BFVs (systolic, diastolic, and mean) decreased significantly more, and cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) was increased in OI patients (P<0.01) compared with control subjects. In both groups, hyperventilation induced mild tachycardia (P<0.001), a significant reduction of BFV, and a significant increase of CVR associated with a fall in CO2. Hyperventilation during HUT reproduced hypocapnia, BFV reduction, and tachycardia and worsened symptoms of OI; these symptoms and indices were improved within 2 minutes of CO2 rebreathing. The relationships between CO2 and BFV and heart rate were well described by linear regressions, and the slope was not different between control subjects and patients with OI. CONCLUSIONS Cerebral vasoconstriction occurs in OI during orthostasis, which is primarily due to hyperventilation, causing significant hypocapnia. Hypocapnia and symptoms of orthostatic hypertension are reversible by CO2 rebreathing.
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- V Novak
- Department of Neurology, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to evaluate cerebral autoregulation in patients with orthostatic hypotension (OH). METHODS We studied 21 patients (aged 52 to 78 years) with neurogenic OH during 80 degrees head-up tilt. Blood flow velocities (BFV) from the middle cerebral artery were continuously monitored with transcranial Doppler sonography, as were heart rate, blood pressure (BP), cardiac output, stroke volume, CO2, total peripheral resistance, and cerebrovascular resistance. RESULTS All OH patients had lower BP (P<.0001), BFV_diastolic (P<.05), CVR (P<.007), and TPR (P<.02) during head-up tilt than control subjects. In control subjects, no correlations between BFV and BP were found during head-up tilt, suggesting normal autoregulation. OH patients could be separated into those with normal or expanded autoregulation (OH_NA; n=16) and those with autoregulatory failure (OH_AF; n=5). The OH_NA group showed either no correlation between BFV and BP (n=8) or had a positive BFV/BP correlation (R2>.75) but with a flat slope. An expansion of the "autoregulated" range was seen in some patients. The OH_AF group was characterized by a profound fall in BFV in response to a small reduction in BP (mean deltaBP <40 mm Hg; R2>.75). CONCLUSIONS The most common patterns of cerebral response to OH are autoregulatory failure with a flat flow-pressure relationship or intact autoregulation with an expanded autoregulated range. The least common pattern is autoregulatory failure with a steep flow-pressure relationship. Patients with patterns 1 and 2 have an enhanced capacity to cope with OH, while those with pattern 3 have reduced capacity.
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- V Novak
- Autonomic Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn. 55905, USA
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