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    Head-down tilt reduces the heart rate in postural tachycardia syndrome in acute setting: a pilot study

    Head-down tilt reduces the heart rate in postural tachycardia syndrome in acute setting: a pilot study By Peter Novak, dysautonomia specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37919442/ Has anyone tried this "head down tilt", maybe on an inversion table? I...
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    Compression Stockings Improve Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow during Tilt Testing in ME/CFS (van Campen et al., 2021)

    Another study from van Campen, Rowe, and Visser! Compression Stockings Improve Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow during Tilt Testing in ME/CFS (van Campen et al., 2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010051 Main points: Without compression stockings, patients experienced a 25% drop...
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    • cerebral blood flow compression wear frans visser https://forums.phoenixrising.me/attachments/1641093172566-png.46271/ linda van campen orthostatic intolerance peter rowe tilt table
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    • Forum: Dysautonomia: Problems Standing, OI, POTS