Clinical presentation and management of patients with hyperadrenergic postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A single center experience

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-531

  Kanjwal, Khalil ^a   Saeed, Bilal ^a   Karabin, Beverly ^a   Kanjwal, Yousuf ^a   Grubb, Blair P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperadrenergic; Orthostatic intolerance; Postural tachycardia syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; ISOPRENALINE; MIDODRINE; MODAFINIL; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEAD TILTING; HEAD UP TILT TEST; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERADRENERGIC POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; ORTHOSTATIC PALPITATION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRESYNCOPE; REVIEW; STANDING; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OHIO; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80052988586     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2011.0008     Document Type: Review

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