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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jacob, Giris
• Costa, Fernando
• Shannon, John R
• Robertson, Rose Marie
• Robertson, David
• Wathen, Mark
• Stein, Michael
• Biaggioni, Italo
• Ertl, Andy
• Black, Bonnie

Titel

The Neuropathic Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2000-10, Vol.343 (14), p.1008-1014

Ort / Verlag

Legacy CDMS: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The postural tachycardia syndrome is a chronic form of orthostatic intolerance that primarily affects young women. This disorder is characterized by symptoms (such as lightheadedness, dimming of vision, confusion, and anxiety) and signs (such as bluish-red skin in dependent limbs) that occur on standing and that are relieved by lying down or sitting. 1 , 2 A remarkable physical finding is a dramatic increase in the heart rate that occurs on standing and that is not associated with a decrease in blood pressure. 3 Patients with this syndrome frequently have high plasma catecholamine concentrations, a finding that suggests that the disorder is a . . .