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A novel inflatable abdominal compression device inflated to 50 mmHg alleviated severe, refractory orthostatic hypotension in a patient with advanced heart failure, reducing his standing systolic blood pressure drop to ~10 mmHg and allowing symptom-free ambulation.
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A novel inflatable abdominal compression device successfully alleviated severe, refractory orthostatic hypotension in a patient with advanced heart failure, allowing for ambulation and weaning of medical therapies.
May offer nonpharmacologic option for refractory orthostatic hypotension; hypothesis-generating in advanced heart failure.
A 52-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy presented with progressive, severe orthostatic hypotension refractory to medical therapy. Standard abdominal and leg compression devices were used without success. A novel, inflatable abdominal compression device was created that alleviated the patient's symptoms and maintained his blood pressure.
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Coniglio et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Orthostatic hypotension and advanced heart failure (n=1). Inflatable abdominal compression device vs. Standard medical therapy and non-inflatable binders was evaluated on Orthostatic blood pressure drop and symptoms. A novel inflatable abdominal compression device inflated to 50 mmHg alleviated severe, refractory orthostatic hypotension in a patient with advanced heart failure, reducing his standing systolic blood pressure drop to ~10 mmHg and allowing symptom-free ambulation.
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