Testing

Testing for patients with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome includes tests of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Some procedures are designed to look at specific parts of these systems and others are intended to evoke patient symptoms in a controlled setting where doctors can monitor the physiology responsible for the symptoms.

Clinical Testing - completed for most clinic referrals

Head Up Tilt Table Testing

Beat-to-beat Blood Pressure

Valsalva Maneuver

Sinus Arrhythmia

Research Testing - may be done as part of a research study in addition to the procedures listed above

Posture Study

Cardiac Output Testing

Cold Pressor Test