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Therefore, we assessed leg vasoconstriction during 60\u00b0 head-up tilt in five patients with pure autonomic failure (PAF) and two patients with autonomic failure due to dopamine-\u03b2-hydroxylase (DBH) deficiency. Ten healthy subjects served as controls. Leg blood flow was measured using duplex ultrasound in the right superficial femoral artery. Leg vascular resistance was calculated as the arterial-venous pressure gradient divided by blood flow. DBH-deficient patients were tested off and on the norepinephrine pro-drug l-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine (l-DOPS). During 60\u00b0 head-up tilt, leg vascular resistance increased significantly in PAF patients [0.40 \u00b1 0.38 (+30%) mmHg\u00b7ml<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\u00b7min<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>]. The increase in leg vascular resistance was not significantly different from controls [0.88 \u00b1 1.04 (+72%) mmHg\u00b7ml<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\u00b7min<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>]. In DBH-deficient patients, leg vascular resistance increased by 0.49 \u00b1 0.01 (+153%) and 1.52 \u00b1 1.47 (+234%) mmHg\u00b7ml<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\u00b7min<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> off and on l-DOPS, respectively. Despite the increase in leg vascular resistance, orthostatic hypotension was present in PAF and DBH-deficient patients. Our results demonstrate that leg vasoconstriction during orthostatic challenges in patients with PAF or DBH deficiency is not abolished. This indicates that the sympathetic nervous system is not the sole or pivotal mechanism inducing leg vasoconstriction during orthostatic challenges. 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