Ischemic electrocardiographic change induced by exercise in a patient with chronic autonomic failure.
We report a patient with chronic autonomic failure, who had exercise-induced ischemic electrocardiographic changes without coronary artery abnormalities. Orthostatic hypotension and exercise-induced release of humoral vasoconstrictors may have caused the myocardial ischemia.
Dept. of Neurology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-8670, Japan, asahina@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
Masato
M
Asahina
Akiyuki
A
Hiraga
Yuhoko
Y
Hayashi
Keiko
K
Mizobuchi
Ryuji
R
Sakakibara
Kwangho
K
Lee
Takamichi
T
Hattori
D000368:Aged; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology