Highlights
- •Autonomic symptoms are significantly elevated in PoTS patients vs controls.
- •Autonomic symptoms in PoTS are not limited to orthostatic intolerance.
- •Model selection shows differing symptom contributions in PoTS vs autonomic failure.
- •Differences in autonomic symptom domain scores highlight areas for further study.
Abstract
Keywords
Abbreviations:
Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), Autonomic failure/neuropathy (AF/N), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), 31-item Composite Autonomic Symptom Score (COMPASS-31), 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Heart rate deep breathing (HRDB), Valsalva ratio (VR), Valsalva maneuver (VM), Blood pressure (BP), Heart rate (HR)Purchase one-time access:
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