J. Fessel is an intern in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University, and D. Robertson is the Elton Yates Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology, and Director of the General ...

November 27, 2001 -- Bethesda, Md. — The American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, one of the 14 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Physiological Society (APS), ...

Orthostatic hypertension is an underappreciated but potentially clinically important entity. As alluded to above, orthostatic hypertension is defined simply as an increase in blood pressure upon ...

Orthostatic hypotension, also known as postural hypotension, happens when blood vessels in the body fail to constrict (narrow) in response to gravity. This causes a decrease in blood pressure and ...

The problem, a brief but precipitous drop in blood pressure that causes lightheadedness or dizziness when standing up, is called orthostatic hypotension. By Jane E. Brody Orthostatic hypotension — to ...

The risk of orthostatic hypotension (OH) was found to be significantly increased with a variety of medications, particularly sympathetic inhibitors, according to the findings of a systematic review ...