Cardiac function fluctuates during exacerbation and remission in young adults with chronic fatigue syndrome and "small heart"

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Miwa, Kunihisa ^a   Fujita, Masatoshi ^b  

^a Nanto Family and Community Medical Center   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ANXIETY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCIRCULATORY ASTHENIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 67650727261     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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