Why the study?
Are cardiovascular reflexes more commonly impaired in patients with bronchial carcinoma compared to age and sex matched controls?
Population
69 patients with histologically proved bronchial carcinoma (only two patients under 50 years of age)
Comparison
Bronchial carcinoma (exposure) vs Age and sex matched controls
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Impaired autonomic reflexes were associated with bronchial carcinoma; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Are cardiovascular reflexes more commonly impaired in patients with bronchial carcinoma compared to age and sex matched controls?
Patients with bronchial carcinoma exhibit significantly impaired cardiovascular autonomic function compared to matched controls, independent of tumor histology or clinical symptoms.
Gould et al. (1986) studied this question.
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