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Does short-term alcohol consumption elicit hypotension during orthostatic stress?
Does short-term alcohol consumption elicit hypotension during orthostatic stress?
Short-term alcohol consumption impairs vasoconstriction, leading to orthostatic hypotension, which may explain alcohol-related syncope.
Counsel patients prone to syncope to avoid alcohol; RCT confirms causal role in orthostatic hypotension.
Short-term alcohol consumption elicits hypotension during orthostatic stress because of impairment of vasoconstriction. These findings have implications for the understanding of the hemodynamic effects of alcohol and, in particular, for understanding syncopal events that occur in association with alcohol intake.
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