Cognitive function, health-related quality of life, and symptoms of depression and anxiety sensitivity are impaired in patients with the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 JUN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Anderson, Jake W ^a,b   Lambert, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Sari, Carolina I ^a   Dawood, Tye ^a   Esler, Murray D ^a,b   Vaddadi, Gautam ^a   Lambert, Gavin W ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Noradrenaline transporter; Orthostatic intolerance; Psychiatric comorbidity; Sympathetic nervous system; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84904401939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00230     Document Type: Article

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