Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a form of dysautonomia. POTS is a subset of orthostatic intolerance that is associated with the presence of excessive tachycardia on standing.  The current diagnostic criteria for POTS is a heart rate increase of 30 beats per minute (bpm) or more, or over 120 bpm, within the first 10 minutes of standing.

Websites

• DYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL
• DYNA KIDS
• MED HELP
• POTS INFORMATION

Articles

• BODY’S IMMUNE RESPONSE MAY PLAY ROLE IN RAPID HEART RATE
• COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CFS AND POTS
• PEDIATRIC EDUCATION:  WHAT IS POTS AGAIN?
• NEORONAL AND HORMONAL PERTURBATIONS IN POTS

Research

• AHA JOURNAL DR. GRUBB:  POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA
• AUTONOMIC DISEASES, CLINICAL FEATURES AND LABORATORY EVALUATION
• BRAIN FOG RESEARCH
• CONVULSIVE SYNCOPE 
• SYNCOPE IN CRPS 
• POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS) 
  Raj, SR Circulation 10 June 2013 
• A REVIEW OF POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME. 
  Carew S, et al. Europace. 2009 Jan; 11(1): 18-25.
• CARDIOLOGY PATIENT PAGES.  POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PERSPECTIVES FOR PATIENTS. 
  Grubb BP, et al. Circulation. 2008 Jul 15; 118(3): e61-e62. 
•  POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME FROM A PEDIATRICS PERSPECTIVE. 
  Medow MS. J Pediatr. 2011 Jan; 158(1): 4-6. 
• COMORBIDITIES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH POTS
  Ojha A, et al. J Pediatr. 2011 Jan; 158(1): 20-23. 
• EXERCISE PERFORMANCE IN ADOLESCENTS IWTH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION
  Burkhardt BE, et al. J Pediatr. 2011 Jan; 158(1): 15-19. 
• SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND DIMINISHED QUALITY OF LIFE IN POTS
  Bagai K, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2011 Apr 15; 7(2): 204-210. 
• AUTOIMMUNE BASIS FOR POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA
  Journal of American Heart Association