2015 Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, and Vasovagal Syncope

Heart Rhythm - Tập 12 Số 6 - Trang e41-e63 - 2015
Robert S. Sheldon1, Blair P. Grubb2, Brian Olshansky3, Win-Kuang Shen4, Hugh Calkins5, Michele Brignole6, Satish R. Raj7, Andrew D. Krahn8, Carlos A. Morillo9, Julian M. Stewart10, Richard Sutton11, Paola Sandroni12, Karen J. Friday13, Denise Hachul14, Mitchell I. Cohen15, Dennis H. Lau16, Kenneth A. Mayuga17, Jeffrey P. Moak18, Roopinder K. Sandhu19, Khalil Kanjwal20
1Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
2University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
3The University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa.
4Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
5Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
6Ospedali Del Tigullio, Lavagna, Italy
7Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Alberta, Canada; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
8Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
9Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, McMaster University Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
10New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
11National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
12Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
13(13)Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
14Heart Institute-University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
15Phoenix Children's Hospital, University of Arizona School of Medicine-Phoenix, Arizona Pediatric Cardiology/Mednax, Phoenix, Arizona.
16Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide; Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital; and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
17Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
18Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
19University of Alberta, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Alberta, Canada.
20Michigan Cardiovascular Institute, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Michigan.

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