Small heart syndrome in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Miwa, Kunihisa ^a,c   Fujita, Masatoshi ^b  

^a Fukuda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Fukuda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Cardiothoracic ratio; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Small heart syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART SIZE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SMALL HEART SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 47849092106     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20227     Document Type: Article

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