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Dr. Jill Wecht investigates the impact of autonomic cardiovascular impairment on blood pressure regulation and the secondary consequences of hypotension and orthostatic hypotension on cognitive function and quality of life in persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). She and her team have established associations between systemic and cerebral hemodynamics and cognitive test performance and suggest premature cognitive aging in the SCI population may be the result of impaired decentralized autonomic cardiovascular control following injury. Recent findings, which describe the use of lumbosacral epidural stimulation to safely and effectively increase and maintain seated blood pressure in persons with chronic SCI are exciting and offer a viable clinical option to target autonomic cardiovascular regulation and restore blood pressure regulation, cerebral blood flow, cognitive function and quality of life.
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:09/28/2022Date updated:09/24/2024
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