Cardiovascular complications of anorexia nervosa: A systematic review

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 238-248

  Sachs, Katherine V ^a,b   Harnke, Ben ^c   Mehler, Philip S ^a,b   Krantz, Mori J ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; cardiovascular; conduction; hemodynamic; myocardial fibrosis; peripheral vascular; repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACROCYANOSIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VALVE PROLAPSE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MYOCARDIAL ATROPHY; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOSPASM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84952705914     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22481     Document Type: Review

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