Postprandial hypotension.
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Acarbose and postprandial hypotension.
Acarbose and Postprandial Hypotension To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Shibao et al,1 who reported that acute administration of acarbose had a substantial, beneficial effect on the hypotensive response to a high-carbohydrate meal in patients with autonomic failure. It was suggested that this effect is mediated, at least in part, by a reduction in the insulinemic response to a...
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Postprandial hypotension is an important clinical condition that predisposes to syncope, falls, angina, and cerebrovascular events. The magnitude of the fall in blood pressure after meals depends on enteric glucose availability. We hypothesized that acarbose, an -glucosidase inhibitor that decreases glucose absorption in the small intestine, would attenuate postprandial hypotension. Acarbose or...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6097.1262