Table 4.
Diagnosis and management of autonomic dysfunction.
Symptoms | Assessment Modalities | Management |
---|---|---|
Resting tachycardia, exercise intolerance, early fatigue, and weakness with exercise | HRV, respiratory HRV, MUGA thallium scan, 123I MIBG scan | Graded supervised exercise, beta blockers, ACE-inhibitors |
Postural hypotension, dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, fatigue, syncope, tachycardia/bradycardia | HRV, blood pressure measurement lying, and standing | Mechanical measures, clonidine, midodrine, octreotide, erythropoietin, pyridostigmine |
Hyperhidrosis | Sympathetic/parasympathetic balance | Clonidine, amitryptylline, trihexyphenidyle, propantheline, or scopolamine, botox, glycopyrrolate |