This article reviews the cardiovascular complications associated with the spectrum of eating disorders in adults, based on a single-center experience and literature review.
Supports clinician vigilance for cardiovascular complications in eating disorders; leaves open need for prospective outcome studies.
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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