Small heart with low cardiac output for orthostatic intolerance in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 782-786

  Miwa, Kunihisa ^a   Fujita, Masatoshi ^b  

^a Miwa Naika Clinic   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE;

EID: 82955203383     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20962     Document Type: Article

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