Heart Views (Jan 2015)

Cardiovascular impact of eating disorders in adults: A single center experience and literature review

  • Muhammad Rizwan Sardar,
  • Andrea Greway,
  • Michael DeAngelis,
  • Erin O'Malley Tysko,
  • Shawn Lehmann,
  • Melinda Wohlstetter,
  • Riti Patel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.164463
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 3
pp. 88 – 92

Abstract

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Eating disorders have multiple medical sequelae, including potentially life-threatening cardiovascular complications. This article describes our cardiology practice experience of treating adults with eating disorders in the outpatient setting and documents baseline cardiac findings in this complex patient population. We describe our findings in patients across the spectrum of eating disorders; past studies have generally focused on anorexia only. This article also includes a review of the current literature on cardiovascular complications associated with disordered eating.

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