Predictors of sudden cardiac death for patients with chagas’ disease: A hospital-derived cohort study

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 481-487

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a,b   Dalbo, Creusa M R ^a,b   Arruda, Carlos Alberto ^a,b   Filho, Dalmo Correia ^a,b   Freitas, Olavo C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Heart Institute of Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas cardiomyopathy; Ejection fraction; Heart failure; Prognostic variable; Regression analysis; South American; Sudden death; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHAGAS DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029738694     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177142     Document Type: Article

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