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Blood pressure oscillations in baroreflex failure

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A 67-year-old man presented with labile hypertension and orthostatic hypotension after radical neck dissection and radiotherapy for squamus cell carcinoma. Baroreflex failure is clearly evident on autonomic testing.

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  1. Neurology department, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 185 Pilgrim Road, Palmer 111, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Ahmad Rida. Abuzinadah, Dong In. Sinn, Roy Freeman & Christopher H. Gibbons

  2. Neurology Division, Internal Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmad Rida. Abuzinadah

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A. Abuzinadah reports no disclosures. D. Sinn reports no disclosures. R. Freeman has received personal compensation for serving on scientific advisory boards of Abbott, Astellas, Biogen, Dong, Johnson and Johnson, Lundbeck, PamLab, Pfizer, Spinifex, and Zallicus. Dr. Freeman receives funding from the NIH, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and NHLBI. Dr. Freeman has received research support from Impeto and PamLab. Dr. Freeman has received personal compensation for his editorial activities (editor) with Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. C. Gibbons has received personal compensation for serving on a scientific advisory board of Lundbeck and safety data monitoring board for Astellas. C. Gibbons has received research support from Grifols and Celgene.

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Abuzinadah, A.R., Sinn, D.I., Freeman, R. et al. Blood pressure oscillations in baroreflex failure. Clin Auton Res 26, 465–466 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-016-0374-6

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