State of the art for diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension

Abstract

This paper presents state of the art of the problem of diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension (OH). It focuses on the developed algorithms for diagnostics of classical orthostatic hypotension (COH), initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH) and delayed orthostatic hypotension (DOH). It describes the necessary methods for the differential diagnosis of the OH causes. Comparative analysis of the European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Society of Cardiac Rhythm was performed. The treatment options for different groups of patients with orthostatic hypotension are described.

Keywords

• orthostatic hypotension
• initial orthostatic hypotension
• delayed orthostatic hypotension
• treatment of orthostatic hypotension