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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Auton Res. 2019 Mar 5;29(2):215–230. doi: 10.1007/s10286-019-00598-9

Table 1.

Indications for Tilt Table Testing

  1. Orthostatic hypotension
    1. Determining whether postural symptoms are caused by orthostatic hypotension
    2. In conjunction with analysis of blood pressure responses to the Valsalva maneuver, distinguishing neurogenic orthostatic hypotension from other orthostatic hypotensions
    3. Identifying variants such as delayed orthostatic hypotension
  2. Chronic orthostatic intolerance
    1. Correlating symptoms to postural blood pressure and heart rate changes
    2. Diagnosing postural tachycardia syndrome
    3. Distinguishing postural tachycardia syndrome from other types of tachycardia
  3. Unexplained transient loss of consciousness
    1. Diagnosing neurally mediated syncope (neurocardiogenic or reflex syncope)
    2. Detecting hemodynamic mechanisms of syncope (e.g., vasodepressor, vagal)
    3. Distinguishing convulsive syncope from epilepsy
    4. Distinguishing neurally mediated syncope from psychogenic pseudosyncope
    5. Identifying an evoked neuroendocrine pattern underlying neurally mediated hypotension