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SUBMITTER: Green EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3835251 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Green Elizabeth A EA Raj Vidya V Shibao Cyndya A CA Biaggioni Italo I Black Bonnie K BK Dupont William D WD Robertson David D Raj Satish R SR
Journal of the American Heart Association 20130903 5
<h4>Background</h4>Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of chronic orthostatic intolerance accompanied by excessive orthostatic tachycardia. Patients with POTS commonly have comorbid conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, or fibromyalgia that are treated with medications that inhibit the norepinephrine reuptake transporter (NRI). NRI medications can increase sympathetic nervous system tone, which may increase heart rate (HR) and worsen symptoms in ...[more]