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We present a case study of a patient with pure autonomic failure who was successfully treated with ambulatory norepinephrine (NE) infusions over a 9-year-period of time before death occurred unexpectedly. Given this patient’s response to the NE infusion treatment, we discuss the option of ambulatory NE infusions as a treatment for severe orthostatic hypotension that is refractory to common treatments.
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Drs. A. Zekeridou and P. Michel contributed equally to this article as joint first authors.
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Zekeridou, A., Michel, P., Medlin, F. et al. Successful long-term ambulatory norepinephrine infusions in a patient with pure autonomic failure. Clin Auton Res 25, 251–253 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-015-0290-1
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