Abstract
Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) refers to the presence of orthostatic intolerance symptoms with a heart rate increment ≥30 bpm, usually up to ≥120 bpm. Pathophysiology and POTS’s clinical presentation are heterogeneous and its prognosis is uncertain. We reviewed the major clinical characteristics of POTS patients and assessed their long-term follow-up. Our series results, one with the longest follow-up, illustrate POTS as a clinical entity with variable, but usually benign outcome, in which most patients can reassume their daily activities without great limitations, after proper diagnosis and treatment are made.
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Sousa, A., Lebreiro, A., Freitas, J. et al. Long-term follow-up of patients with postural tachycardia syndrome. Clin Auton Res 22, 151–153 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-011-0155-1
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