QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 97(3), 141–151p. (2004) DOI:10.1093/qjmed/hch032
Patterns of cardiovascular reactivity in disease diagnosis
J. E. Naschitz, I. Rosner, M. Rozenbaum, M. Fields, H. Isseroff, J. P. Babich, E. Zuckerman, N. Elias, D. Yeshurun, S. Naschitz, E. SaboBackground: Aberrations of cardiovascular reactivity (CVR), an expression of autonomic function, occur in a number of clinical conditions, but lack specificity for a particular disorder. Recently, a CVR pattern particular to chronic fatigue syndrome was observed.
Aim: To assess whether specific CVR patterns can be described for other clinical conditions.
Methods: Six groups of patients, matched for age and gender, were evaluated with a shortened head-up tilt test: patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (n
