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Clinical Autonomic Research
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research 1/2020

01-02-2020 | Tachyarrythmia | Editorial

ST-segment changes during tilt-table testing in postural tachycardia syndrome: are they relevant?

Author: Frank I. Marcus

Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 1/2020

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Electrocardiographic (ECG) changes during head-up tilt have been previously reported in patients undergoing tilt-table testing. For instance, in a large study including 150 patients with dissimilar diagnoses [including but not limited to orthostatic hypotension, vasovagal syncope, and postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)], 135 had some ECG changes, most of them T-wave changes in inferior leads II, III and aVF and in anterolateral leads V3–V6. There was no evidence of myocardial ischemia in any of these patients. The relevance of these changes was unclear, but it was hypothesized that these alterations may be related to changes in the autonomic tone [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
ST-segment changes during tilt-table testing in postural tachycardia syndrome: are they relevant?
Author
Frank I. Marcus
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword
Tachyarrythmia
Published in
Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-019-00654-4

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