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- Title
Impaired vestibular function associated with orthostatic hypotension in patients with multiple system atrophy.
- Authors
Wang, Xue; Mei, Shanshan; Lin, Zhongxi; Huang, Zhaoyang; Mao, Wei; Chan, Piu
- Abstract
Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is one of the most common symptoms in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA). Vestibular system plays an important role in blood pressure regulation during orthostatic challenges through vestibular-sympathetic reflex. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between vestibular function and OH in patients with MSA. Methods: Participants with MSA, including 20 with OH (mean age, 57.55 ± 8.44 years; 7 females) and 15 without OH (mean age, 59.00 ± 8.12 years; 2 females) and 18 healthy controls (mean age, 59.03 ± 6.44 years; 8 females) were enrolled. Cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs and oVEMPs) tests were conducted to evaluate vestibular function. Results: Patients with MSA presented with significantly higher rate of absent cVEMPs (57.1% vs 11.1%, p = 0.001) and oVEMPs (25.7% vs 0, p = 0.021) than controls. MSA patients with OH showed more absent cVEMPs (75.0% vs 11.1%, Bonferroni corrected p < 0.001) and oVEMPs (40.0% vs 0, Bonferroni corrected p = 0.003) than controls. Patients with OH also showed higher rate of absent cVEMPs than those without OH (33.3%, Bonferroni corrected p = 0.014). Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that impairment of vestibular function was associated with MSA, particularly in those with OH. Absent VEMPs may be a potential marker for MSA severity. Our findings suggest that impaired vestibular function is involved in OH development and may serve as an intervention target.
- Subjects
ORTHOSTATIC hypotension; MULTIPLE system atrophy; REGULATION of blood pressure; VESTIBULAR apparatus; EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology)
- Publication
Journal of Neurology, 2024, Vol 271, Issue 6, p3486
- ISSN
0340-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00415-024-12324-1