Sudden and unexpected death in clinically 'silent' Chagas' disease. A hypothesis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-268

  Baroldi, Giorgio ^a,d   Oliveira, Samuel J M ^b   Silver, Malcolm D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

catecholamine cardiotoxicity; coagulative myocytolysis; contraction band necrosis; heart Chagas' disease; myocarditis; sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CATECHOLAMINES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; NECROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031038838     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(96)02878-1     Document Type: Article

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