Exercise electrocardiography extinguishes persistent junctional rhythm in a patient with severe anorexia nervosa

Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-220

  Krantz, Mori J ^a   Gaudiani, Jennifer L ^b   Johnson, Victor W ^a   Mehler, Philip S ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bradycardia; Exercise testing; Junctional rhythm; QT prolongation

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; LAXATIVE; QUETIAPINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONOTROPISM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGUS TONE; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84856915764     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335481     Document Type: Article

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