Autonomic Dysfunction Presenting as Orthostatic Intolerance in Patients Suffering From Mitochondrial Cytopathy
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Neurocardiogenic syncope coexisting with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in patients suffering from orthostatic intolerance: a combined form of autonomic dysfunction.
INTRODUCTION There is anecdotal evidence that one or more forms of orthostatic intolerance (OI) subgroups may coexist in the same patients. However, there is a paucity of published data on the clinical features and management of patients who suffer from coexisting features of postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS). We herein present our experience of 18 patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20805