Desmopressin acutely decreases tachycardia and improves symptoms in the postural tachycardia syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1484-1490

  Coffin, Samuel T ^a   Black, Bonnie K ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a,b   Paranjape, Sachin Y ^a   Orozco, Carlos ^a   Black, Phillip W ^a   Dupont, William D ^a   Robertson, David ^a,b   Raj, Satish R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood volume; Desmopressin; Drugs; Orthostatic intolerance; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; FLUDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; STANDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDIURETIC AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART RATE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84865654527     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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