Postural deficiency syndrome, psychological evaluation

Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

INTRODUCTION POTS is defined as the development of orthostatic symptoms associated with a heart rate (HR) increment >or=30, usually to >or=120 bpm without orthostatic hypotension. Symptoms of orthostatic intolerance are those due to brain hypoperfusion and those due to sympathetic overaction. METHODS We provide a review of POTS based primarily on work from the Mayo Clinic. RESULTS Females p...

Postural tachycardia syndrome.

Case Presentation: A 34-year-old woman had been well until 9 months previously when, after a febrile illness, she developed palpitations, fatigue, exercise intolerance, dyspnea on exertion, and frequent episodes of lightheadedness and near syncope. ECG, echocardiogram, and endocrine evaluation were all normal. On physical examination, she displayed a postural increase of 35 bpm on standing, alo...

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Orthostatic intolerance can be defi ned as inability to tolerate upright posture relieved by recumbence. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a form of orthostatic intolerance defi ned as sustained increase in heart rate of ≥30 bpm or increase of heart rate to ≥120 bpm within 10 min of standing or head-up tilt associated with symptoms of orthostatic intolerance and absence of ort...

Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.144501 2013;127:2336-2342 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/23/2336 World Wide Web at: The ...

Glosso-postural syndrome