NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a common, disabling disorder among adolescents, interfering with their schoolwork, physical and social development. It occurs most often in adolescent females post- menarche. The combination of orthostatic symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, weakness, or brain fog with a 40 bpm rise in heart rate in the first 10 minutes of a tilt table test without a drop in blood pressure defines the disorder. Two striking and nearly universal features of POTS are (1) its onset after a major threat such as an infection or trauma and (2) its association with many co-morbid disorders such as migraine headache, fibromyalgia, functional…
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