Heart transplantation in Chagas' disease: 10 years after the initial experience

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1815-1817

  De Carvalho, Valeria B ^a,b   Sousa, Eduarde F L ^b   Vila, José Henrique A ^c   Da Silva, José Pedro ^c   Caiado, Marcio R ^b   Araujo, Sergio R De R ^d   Macruz, Radi ^a,b   Zerbini, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INTERCOR   (Brazil)

^c Clin Cardio Cirurgica JP da Silva   (Brazil)

^d Hosp Real/Benemerita Sociedade PB   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; follow up studies; myocarditis; rejection; transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZNIDAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029961430     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1815     Document Type: Article

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