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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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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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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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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.

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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. Let’s call it Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome – that’s not really a diagnosis – it’s just a medical jargon filled term for what the patient has just told us. How do patients develop POTS? This is incorrect.

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PO-02-146 PERICARDITIS PROPHYLACTIC THERAPY AFTER SINUS NODE SPARING HYBRID ABLATION FOR INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA / POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC SINUS TACHYCARDIA

HeartRhythm

Pericarditis is the most common complication following hybrid sinus node sparing ablation for Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)/Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).