The impact of syncope during clinical presentation of sustained ventricular tachycardia on total and cardiac mortality in patients with chronic chagasic heart disease

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 446-452

  Leite, Luiz Roberto ^a,b   Fenelon, Guilherme ^a   Paes, Ângela Tavares ^a   De Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Setor de Eletrofisiologia Clin   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic chagas' heart disease; Sustained ventricular tachycardia; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0035514225     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001001100005     Document Type: Article

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