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Blood Pressure Variability in Daily Life: Comparing Individuals with Cervical and Upper-Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury to Non-Injured Controls

2025-12-27 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundSpinal cord injury (SCI) above the sixth thoracic spinal cord segment can disrupt autonomic cardiovascular control, leading to increased BP variability (BPV). This study compared BPV, nocturnal dipping patterns, and blood pressure (BP) fluctuations among individuals with cervical SCI (C-SCI), upper-thoracic SCI (UT-SCI), and non-injured controls (NI-C). MethodsUsing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, we analyzed BPV (via standard deviation [SD], coefficient of variation [Co...

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