A14339 Impaired systolic blood pressure recovery after standing is associated with arterial stiffening and baroreceptor dysfunction in patients with life-style related disease

Objectives: To investigate whether arterial stiffening and baroreceptor dysfunction is associated with impaired blood pressure recovery after standing, which is considered to be a severe condition of orthostatic hypotension (OH). Methods: A total of 1056 patients with life-style related disease were included in the study. During the sit-to-stand test (consist of sitting position, 30 seconds [initial phase] and 90 seconds [late phase] after...