margiebee Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I recently got a letter from the doctor handling my POTS explaining all of his official findings from my testing, so basically nothing. But one thing did sort of stand out to me, it says "normal autonomic cardiovascular reflexes with augmented postural beta adrenergic activation"does the augmented part suggest that part of the test was abnormal? or does that mean something else? hyper POTS was suspected in my case so I'm just curious as to what that bit means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Margiebee,to the best of my knowledge, "augmented postural beta adrenergic activation" is a fancy way of saying that your heart rate increased upon standing The test for hyper POTS has to do with measuring your catecholamine levels (blood work) supine and standing, so you actually need to have your lying down and standing norepinephrine levels measured (some doctors do that during the TTT). A standing norepi level of over 600pmol/L is indicative of hyperPOTS.I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margiebee Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Okay that does make sense, I know they did draw blood to test catecholamines during the test but I never was told what the results were so just assumed it was normal, although you never do know, I've discovered lots of things years after they've been tested so I always try to keep up haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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