Cardiac autonomic denervation in congestive heart failure: Comparison of Chagas' heart disease with other dilated cardiomyopathy

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-10

  Machado, Conceição R S ^a   Camargos, Elizabeth R S ^a   Guerra, Leonor B ^a   Moreira, Maria Da Consolação V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; Heart failure; Heart parasympathetic innervation; Heart sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0033984242     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(00)80191-4     Document Type: Article

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