QT Interval and QT Dispersion in Eating Disorders

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Authors

Yoshiyuki Takimoto · The University of Tokyo

Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi · The University of Tokyo

Hiroaki Kumano · The University of Tokyo

Gaku Yamanaka · The University of Tokyo

Tadashi Sasaki · The University of Tokyo

Hiroyuki Suematsu · Kawamura Gakuen Women's University

Yuzo Nagakawa ·

Abstract

QT interval and QT dispersion were prolonged in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Examination of ECG in eating disorder patients without extremely low body weight also appears to be clinically important.

Topics & Keywords

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Eating Disorders and Behaviors Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volume 73, Issue 5, pp. 324-328

DOI: 10.1159/000078850

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