Cardiac autonomic impairment and early myocardial damage involving the right ventricle are independent phenomena in Chagas' disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Marin Neto, José A ^a   Bromberg Marin, Guilherme ^a   Pazin Filho, Antonio ^a   Simões, Marcus V ^a   Maciel, Benedito C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Chagas' disease; Radionuclide angiography; Right ventricle; Tilt test

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032145162     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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