Seriously ill adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa did not exhibit serious arrhythmias, QT prolongation, or depressed left ventricular systolic function in this small cohort.
Hypothesis-generating for low arrhythmia risk in adolescent anorexia nervosa; larger prospective studies needed before changing monitoring.
Left ventricular function, resting electrocardiograms, and Holter recordings were systematically examined in 25 consecutively hospitalized, seriously ill, emaciated adolescents with anorexia nervosa. We failed to observe serious arrhythmias, abnormal prolongation of QT interval, conduction abnormalities, or depression in left ventricular systolic function.
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