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Community-Based Trial of Compression Tights in POTS

American College of Cardiology

What is the ability of commercially available waist-high compression (WHC) garments to reduce heart rate and improve symptoms in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in a community setting?

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Compression Tights in Patients With POTS, Platelet Function and Genetic Testing in PCI, Aspirin in Stent Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

American College of Cardiology

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the use of waist-high compression tights in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

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Small fibre neuropathy is responsible for POTS in SARS-CoV-2 vaccinees

HeartRhythm

We read with interest Teodorescu et al’s article on a prospective, observational, single-centre study of the characteristics of 10 patients with new-onset or exacerbated postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) after receiving an mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine [1].

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Preexisting conditions seen in all patients with tachycardia after COVID-19 vaccine

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Patients with post-COVID-19 vaccination postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) all have preexisting conditions, according to a study published in the January issue of Heart Rhythm.

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A potentially transformative treatment for POTS/Long COVID.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

What is POTS? POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I have over a thousand patients with POTS and I have spent a lot of time listening to their stories. How do patients develop POTS? Are POTS AND LongCOVID the same condition? This is incorrect. Why do I say this?

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York Hospital Consultant Could Have Treatment to Tackle Long Covid

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The York Press A YORK heart specialist says he believes many Long Covid patients may actually have a condition called POTS – and could benefit from treatments used for patients with the syndrome. Dr Sanjay Gupta, a consultant cardiologist at York Hospital, is an expert in POTS, or postural tachycardia syndrome.

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PO-02-128 REDO PROCEDURES AFTER SINUS NODE SPARING HYBRID ABLATION FOR INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA / POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC SINUS TACHYCARDIA

HeartRhythm

A novel sinus node (SN) sparing hybrid ablation for inappropriate sinus node tachycardia (IST)/Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) has been demonstrated to be an effective and safe therapeutic option in patients with symptomatic drug-resistant IST/POTS.