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Preferred term

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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Entry terms

  • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-THRDK6HR-D

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