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Podcast: Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Episode: POTS in Pregnancy
Description: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), first described in the 1940s, is a heterogeneous and often debilitating condition affecting the autonomic nervous system, estimated to affect between 0.3% and 1% of the U.S. population. Its incidence is believed to be rising among people with a prior COVID-19 infection, as a likely component of so-called long COVID. The condition is characterized by chronic orthostatic intolerance in the absence of orthostatic hypotension manifested as excessive increased heart rate upon standing. The etiology is not well understood but is thought to be complex. One recent publication described the complex etiology of POTS as, “A mu...