January 12, 1983Acta Medica Scandinavica
Programmed Atrial Pacing for Orthostatic Hypotension
Why the study?
Does programmable atrial pacing improve orthostatic symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic failure?
Population
2 patients with orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic failure
Comparison
Programmable atrial inhibited pacemakers, paced… vs Baseline (pre-implantation/without pacing)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
two-year
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for atrial pacing in autonomic failure; prospective trials needed before clinical adoption.
Structured PICO
Does programmable atrial pacing improve orthostatic symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic failure?
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Population
2 patients with orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic failure
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Intervention
Programmable atrial inhibited pacemakers, paced at 95 beats/min during the day and 55 beats/min at night
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Comparator
Baseline (pre-implantation/without pacing)
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Outcome
Orthostatic symptoms and haemodynamic parameters (erect systolic blood pressure, cardiac output)surrogate
Programmable atrial pacing improved orthostatic symptoms and hemodynamics in two patients with autonomic failure.
Cite This Study
Arni Kristinsson (1983) studied this question.