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Tilt Testing with Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure: a "Gold Standard" for Measuring Orthostatic Tolerance
Published on: March 21, 2013
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurring during treatment for breast cancer
Deshveer Babra1, Suhyun Youn2, Senan Devendra2
1Acute Medicine, Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK deshveer.babra@nhs.net.
Abstract:
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a common condition of orthostatic intolerance in response to changes in position. We report a case of a middle-aged woman presenting with a new onset of POTS likely due to chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer. She was started on a trial of a beta blocker, which was effective in controlling her symptoms and heart rate. The objective of this report was to encourage clinicians to consider POTS as a differential diagnosis, while managing patients with symptoms of orthostatic intolerance.
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