| A Case of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Showing Nonspecific Chronic Dizziness |
| Yeonsil Moon, Young Jin Kim, Joonhwa Lee, and Jeeyoung Oh |
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| Copyright © 2011 The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
| This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
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| ABSTRACT |
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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterized by increased heart rate with preserved blood pressureon orthostatic stress. Many patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome can be misdiagnosed as neurosis, chronicfatigue or anxiety disorder. We report a patient with POTS who presented chronic dizziness and fatigue. In approaching toa patient with orthostatic or nonspecific chronic dizziness, the postural heart rate as well as blood pressure should be checkednot to miss the diagnosis. |
| Key words:
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Dizziness, Orthostatic intolerance |
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