Abstract
Orthostatic hypotension has been associated with impaired cognitive function, but cognitive function during orthostatic hypotension has hardly been studied. We studied the effect of orthostatic hypotension, induced by head-up tilt (HUT), on sustained attention in patients with autonomic failure. We studied the sustained attention to response task (SART) in the supine position and during HUT in 10 patients with autonomic failure and 10 age-matched and sex-matched controls. To avoid syncope, the tilting angle was tailored to patients to reach a stable systolic blood pressure below 100 mm Hg. Controls were all tilted at an angle of 60°. Cerebral blood flow velocity, blood pressure and heart rate were measured continuously. In patients, systolic blood pressure was 61.4 mm Hg lower during HUT than in the supine position (p<0.001). Patients did not make more SART errors during HUT than in the supine position (-1.3 errors, p=0.3). Controls made 2.3 fewer errors during SART in the HUT position compared to the supine position (p=0.020). SART performance led to an increase in systolic blood pressure (+11.8 mm Hg, p=0.018) and diastolic blood pressure (+5.8 mm Hg, p=0.017) during SART in the HUT position, as well as to a trend towards inc...Continue Reading
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