Impaired cardiac function in chronic fatigue syndrome measured using magnetic resonance cardiac tagging

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-270

  Hollingsworth, K G ^a   Hodgson, T ^a   Macgowan, G A ^a,b   Blamire, A M ^a   Newton, J L ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac; CFS; Fatigue; MRI; Tagging; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84857634350     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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