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Cerebral autoregulation is preserved in multiple system atrophy: A transcranial Doppler study.
Authors:Anne Pavy-Le Traon  Richard L Hughson  Claire Thalamas  Monique Galitsky  Nelly Fabre  Olivier Rascol  Jean-Michel Senard
Affiliation:Laboratory of Autonomic Nervous System and Neurosonology, Vascular Neurology Department, Hopital Rangueil, Toulouse, France. pavy.a@chu-toulouse.fr
Abstract:Patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) present large changes in blood pressure (BP) due to autonomic disturbances. We analyzed how this change may influence dynamic cerebral autoregulation (DCA). Simultaneous recordings of arterial BP (Finapres) and middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow velocity (BFV) (transcranial Doppler) were performed in 10 patients with MSA (61 +/- 12 yr of age) and 12 healthy volunteers (61 +/- 11 yr of age): cerebral BFV response to oscillations in mean BP was studied in the supine position by cross-spectral analysis of mean BP and mean MCA BFV. The DCA was also studied during the decrease in BP the first seconds when standing up from a sitting position by the assessment of the cerebrovascular resistance index (CR; mean BP/mean MCA BFV ratio). The MCA BFV/BP cross-spectral analysis showed a phase for the mid-frequency band (0.07-0.2 Hz) significantly larger in MSA, suggesting more active autoregulation in response to larger changes in BP. Changes in CR reflecting the rate of autoregulation, when standing did not differ between the two groups. These data suggest that dynamic cerebral autoregulation is preserved in MSA.
Keywords:cerebral autoregulation  multiple system atrophy  transcranial Doppler  autonomic failure  orthostatic hypotension  cross‐spectral analysis
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