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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Orthostatic Intolerance > Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Orthostatic Intolerance > Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Autonomic Nervous System Diseases > Primary Dysautonomias > Orthostatic Intolerance > Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Preferred term

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Postural Tachycardia
  • Tachycardia Syndrome, Postural

Scope note

  • A syndrome of ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE combined with excessive upright TACHYCARDIA, and usually without associated ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION. All variants have in common an excessively reduced venous return to the heart (central HYPOVOLEMIA) while upright.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054972

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