Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report

Postural orthostatic tachycardia is a syndrome characterized by an elevated heart rate in response to standing. This syndrome typically presents in late adolescence and early adulthood, with a higher percentage occurring in females. This syndrome is often seen following a viral infection, pregnancy,...

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Autores principales: Safwat, Sandra, Safwat, Fady, Sivanathan, Nivetha, Daka, Natashah, Sadek, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37378164
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39565
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author Safwat, Sandra
Safwat, Fady
Sivanathan, Nivetha
Daka, Natashah
Sadek, Michael
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description Postural orthostatic tachycardia is a syndrome characterized by an elevated heart rate in response to standing. This syndrome typically presents in late adolescence and early adulthood, with a higher percentage occurring in females. This syndrome is often seen following a viral infection, pregnancy, surgery, or intense psychological stress. This condition presents a wide range of symptoms that vary depending on its unclear etiology. We present the case of a 21-year-old woman with convulsions associated with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after being misdiagnosed with a psychiatric condition for many years.
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spelling pubmed-102922212023-06-27 Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report Safwat, Sandra Safwat, Fady Sivanathan, Nivetha Daka, Natashah Sadek, Michael Cureus Cardiology Postural orthostatic tachycardia is a syndrome characterized by an elevated heart rate in response to standing. This syndrome typically presents in late adolescence and early adulthood, with a higher percentage occurring in females. This syndrome is often seen following a viral infection, pregnancy, surgery, or intense psychological stress. This condition presents a wide range of symptoms that vary depending on its unclear etiology. We present the case of a 21-year-old woman with convulsions associated with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after being misdiagnosed with a psychiatric condition for many years. Cureus 2023-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10292221/ /pubmed/37378164 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39565 Text en Copyright © 2023, Safwat et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report
title Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report
title_full Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report
title_fullStr Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report
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title_short Misdiagnosed Seizure-Like Activity in a Patient With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Case Report
title_sort misdiagnosed seizure-like activity in a patient with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292221/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39565
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