Impaired Endothelial Function in Patients With Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

The purpose of this study is to evaluate endothelial function in postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), a poorly understood chronic condition characterized by a state of consistent orthostatic tachycardia (delta heart rate ≥30 beats per minute) upon standing without orthostatic hypotension. Nineteen patients with PoTS and 9 healthy controls were studied after 3 days of a fixed, caffeine-free, normal sodium (150 milliequivalents/day) diet. All participants underwent autonomic function testing, including sinus arrhythmia, valsalva maneuver, hyperventilation, cold pressor, handgrip, and a standing test with catecholamine measurements, followed by endothelial function testing. We analyzed 3 measures of endothelial function: percent brachial flow-mediated dilation, digital pulsatile arterial tonometry, and postischemic percent leg blood flow. Flow-mediated dilation was significantly lower in patients with PoTS (6.23±3.54% for PoTS) than in healthy controls (10.6±4.37% for controls versus, P=0.014). PoTS and controls had similar digital pulsatile arterial tonometry (1.93±0.40 arbitrary units for controls versus 2.13±0.63 arbitrary units for PoTS). PoTS had similar but suggestive percent leg blood flow to controls (313±158% for PoTS versus 468±236% for controls, P=0.098). Patients with PoTS have significantly reduced flow-mediated dilation compared with healthy controls, suggesting that PoTS is characterized by endothelial dysfunction in conduit arteries. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01308099.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:77

Enthalten in:

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 77(2021), 3 vom: 03. März, Seite 1001-1009

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chopoorian, Abby H [VerfasserIn]
Wahba, Amr [VerfasserIn]
Celedonio, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Nwazue, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Emily C [VerfasserIn]
Garland, Emily M [VerfasserIn]
Paranjape, Sachin [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Luis E [VerfasserIn]
Black, Bonnie K [VerfasserIn]
Biaggioni, Italo [VerfasserIn]
Raj, Satish R [VerfasserIn]
Gamboa, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood
EC 1.6.3.-
Heart rate
Journal Article
NADPH Oxidases
Nitric oxide
Reactive Oxygen Species
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Syndrome
Tachycardia

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Date Completed 09.09.2021

Date Revised 04.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01308099

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16238

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320491218