title: [Vascular stress reaction in the aged].
abstract: Based on atraumatic measurements by means of dynamographical, sonometrical and echographical methods reaction patterns of the blood pressure and the cerebral arteries in 50 patients aged from 65 to 83 during and after conflict stress situations were qualified and quantified. Without exception impairments of already preexisting vascular-hemodynamic lesions resp. blood pressure slips caused by hyperreactive (sympathicogenic) or hyporeactive (vagotonic) disorders of the autoregulation appeared. These alterations being typical of vascular stress reactions in the age became (partly) reversible after the end of the psychotraumatic phases. Additional risks for the (cerebro) vascular system by stress induced cardiogenic troubles have to be simultaneously calculated. The consideration for these circumstances within the geriatric diagnosis and treatment strategy is an important contribution to the prevention of vascular catastrophes and to the stability and the improvement of the quality of life.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014655:Vascular Resistance
vernacular_title: Vaskuläre Stressreaktionen im Alter.