Parasympathetic activity (not shown) was equally affected in patients with central and peripheral autonomic failure. ,, The latter group was classified as having peripheral lesions, as a result of predominant involvement of peripheral postganglionic sympathetic neurons. As shown in panel B, based on their neurological examination, cases of neurogenic OH were diagnosed with either probable or possible MSA, and thus classified as having central autonomic failure (due to neuronal loss in the brainstem vasomotor nuclei and intermediolateral columns of the spinal cord, but intact peripheral post-ganglionic sympathetic neurons innervating the heart) or Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and pure autonomic failure. Patients were classified as having neurogenic or non-neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (OH) and both groups were compared (I). Only those in normal sinus rhythm in whom the heart rate responses could be clearly attributed to extrinsic autonomic innervation were included in the subsequent analysis. Four hundred and forty-four patients were screened. Flow chart showing the classification of the participants. © 2018 American Neurological Association.Ī. A ΔHR/ΔSBP ratio < 0.5 bpm/mmHg is diagnostic of neurogenic OH. Within patients with neurogenic OH, HR increased more in those with multiple system atrophy (p = 0.0003), but there was considerable overlap with patients with Lewy body disorders.Ī blunted HR increase during hypotension suggests a neurogenic cause. A ΔHR/ΔSBP ratio of 0.492 bpm/mmHg had excellent sensitivity (91.3%) and specificity (88.4%) to distinguish between patients with neurogenic from nonneurogenic OH (area under the curve = 0.96, p < 0.0001). Patients with neurogenic OH had twice the fall in systolic blood pressure (SBP -44 ± 25 vs -21 ± 14 mmHg, p < 0.0001) but only one-third of the increase in HR of those with nonneurogenic OH (8 ± 8 vs 25 ± 11 beats per minute, p < 0.0001). The remaining 24 patients had preserved sympathetic activation and their OH was classified as nonneurogenic, due to volume depletion, anemia, or polypharmacy.
Of these, 378 had impaired sympathetic activation (ie, neurogenic OH) and based on their neurological examination were diagnosed with Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, pure autonomic failure, or multiple system atrophy. We identified 402 patients with orthostatic hypotension (OH) who had normal sinus rhythm.
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Autonomic Consortium ( NCT01799915) underwent standardized autonomic function tests and full neurological evaluation. This study reports the range of orthostatic heart rate (HR) changes in patients with autonomic failure caused by neurodegenerative synucleinopathies. Blunted tachycardia during hypotension is a characteristic feature of patients with autonomic failure, but the range has not been defined.
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