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Jean-Pierre Ndayisaba
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Open AccessCardiovascular health profiles in adolescents being born term or preterm—results from the EVA-Tyrol study
Preterm birth has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease from childhood into adolescence and early adulthood. In this study, we aimed to investigate differences in CV health profiles...
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Open AccessCardiovascular autonomic function testing in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson’s disease: an expert-based blinded evaluation
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are sporadic neurodegenerative diseases characterized by an accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein. Cardiovascular autonomic failure develops in both M...
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Open AccessCardiovascular autonomic testing in the work-up of cerebellar ataxia: insight from an observational single center study
Cerebellar ataxias are a heterogeneous group of disorders of both genetic and non-genetic origin. In sporadic cases, two entities are recognized: multiple system atrophy of cerebellar type (MSA-C) and SAOA (sp...
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Open AccessAutonomic function testing in Friedreich’s ataxia
Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited movement disorder which manifests with progressive gait instability, sensory loss and cardiomyopathy. Peripheral neuropathy is an established feature of FRDA. At neurop...
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Open AccessAutonomic function testing in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
To assess whether autonomic failure belongs to the clinical spectrum of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), an autosomal dominant genetic disorder showing progressive cerebellar and brainstem dysfunction.
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Erratum to: Sex and age effects on cardiovascular autonomic function in healthy adults
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Supine hypertension in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy
Supine hypertension (SH) is a feature of cardiovascular autonomic failure that often accompanies orthostatic hypotension and may represent a negative prognostic factor in parkinsonian syndromes. Here we inves...
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Sex and age effects on cardiovascular autonomic function in healthy adults
To determine the effects of sex and age on cardiovascular autonomic parameters in healthy adults as assessed by Finapres (finger arterial pressure) method and prolonged head-up tilt (HUT).
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Open AccessCause-specific mortality in adult epilepsy patients from Tyrol, Austria: hospital-based study
Epilepsy is a devastating condition with a considerable increase in mortality compared to the general population. Few studies have focused on cause-specific mortality which we analyse in detail in over 4,000 ...
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Detecting nocturnal hypertension in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy: proposal of a decision-support algorithm
A pathological nocturnal blood pressure (BP) profile, either non-dip** or reverse dip**, occurs in more than 50 % of subjects diagnosed with multiple system atrophy (MSA) or Parkinson’s disease (PD). This ...
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Open AccessHigher brain extracellular potassium is associated with brain metabolic distress and poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Elevated brain potassium levels ([K+]) are associated with neuronal damage in experimental models. The role of brain extracellular [K+] in patients with poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and it...
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Spasticity treatment with onabotulinumtoxin A: data from a prospective German real-life patient registry
This study aimed at providing real-life baseline, injection and outcome data for the treatment of various forms of spasticity with onabotulinumtoxin A in Germany. Prospective data were collected in an open mul...
