Desmopressin acutely decreases tachycardia and improves symptoms in the Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

摘要

BackgroundPostural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) induces disabling chronic orthostatic intolerance with an excessive increase in heart rate (HR) upon standing, and many POTS patients have low blood volume. Increasing blood volume is a promising approach to this problem.