1. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)--A novel member of the autoimmune family.
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Dahan S, Tomljenovic L, and Shoenfeld Y
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- Autoimmune Diseases diagnosis, Autoimmune Diseases epidemiology, Autoimmune Diseases physiopathology, Capsid Proteins immunology, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cross Reactions, Death, Sudden, Cardiac epidemiology, Heart Rate, Humans, Oncogene Proteins, Viral immunology, Papillomavirus Vaccines immunology, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome diagnosis, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome epidemiology, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome physiopathology, Risk Factors, Supine Position, Autoimmune Diseases immunology, Autoimmunity, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome immunology
- Abstract
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a heterogeneous disorder of the autonomic nervous system in which a change from the supine position to an upright position causes an abnormally large increase in heart rate or tachycardia (30 bpm within 10 min of standing or head-up tilt). This response is accompanied by a decrease in blood flow to the brain and hence a spectrum of symptoms associated with cerebral hypoperfusion. Many of these POTS-related symptoms are also observed in chronic anxiety and panic disorders, and therefore POTS is frequently under- and misdiagnosed., (© The Author(s) 2016.)
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- 2016
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