Dynamic Regulation of Middle Cerebral Artery Blood Flow Velocity in Aging and Hypertension
Author(s) -
Lewis A. Lipsitz,
Seiji Mukai,
Jason W. Hamner,
Margaret Gag,
Viken L. Babikian
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.8.1897
Subject(s) - medicine , middle cerebral artery , transcranial doppler , orthostatic vital signs , cerebral blood flow , cardiology , cerebral arteries , anesthesia , blood pressure , hemodynamics , sitting , blood flow , cerebral autoregulation , mean arterial pressure , heart rate , ischemia , autoregulation , pathology
Although aging and hypertension may predispose hypertensive elderly subjects to cerebral hypoperfusion during orthostatic stress, their effects on the acute cerebral autoregulatory response to hypotension are not known.
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