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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is characterized by rapid (>300 beats a per minute), irregular electrical activation with variable electrocardiographic waveforms that prevents coordinated myocardial contraction, resulting in immediate loss of cardiac output.1 It most commonly occurs in the context of coronary artery disease.2,3 Resuscitation efforts are critically time-dependent: with each minute of untreated VF, the survival rate declines […]

Artur Fedorowski, HRC 2019 – Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

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Published Online: Oct 30th 2019

We spoke to Dr Artur Fedorowski (STARS Medical Advisory Committee and STARS Sweden Executive Committee; Department of Clinical Science, Lund University and Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden) at the 2019 Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) in Birmingham, UK, about autoimmunity in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

Speaker’s Disclosures: Artur Fedorowski has received lecture fees from Medtronic and Limedic Octopus.

Questions:
1. What is the current evidence for autoimmunity in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome? (0:09)

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Filmed at the Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) 2019 in Birmingham, UK, October 2019 in partnership with Arrhythmia Alliance.

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