Université de Fribourg

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to lower body negative pressure in type 2 diabetic patients

Marthol, Harald ; Zikeli, Udo ; Brown, Clive Martin ; Tutaj, Marcin ; Hilz, Max Josef

In: Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2007, vol. 252, no. 2, p. 99-105

In diabetic patients, vascular disease and autonomic dysfunction might compromise cerebral autoregulation and contribute to orthostatic intolerance. The aim of our study was to determine whether impaired cerebral autoregulation contributes to orthostatic intolerance during lower body negative pressure in diabetic patients. Thirteen patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes were studied. We...