Cardiovascular dysfunction with low cardiac output due to a small heart in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1849-1854

  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; Low cardiac output; Small heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD LIMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART SIZE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHEST PAIN; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 71049149291     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2347     Document Type: Article

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