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Cardiac abnormalities identified with echocardiography in anorexia nervosa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jodie F SmytheClaire ColebournLara PriscoTatjana PetrinicPaul Leeson
Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2020)
Patients with anorexia nervosa have structural and functional cardiac changes, identifiable with echocardiography. Further work should determine whether echocardiography can help stratify severity and guide safe patient location, management and effectiveness of nutritional rehabilitation.
Keyphrases
  • anorexia nervosa
  • left ventricular
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • computed tomography
  • heart failure
  • randomized controlled trial
  • systematic review
  • case report