The Valsalva maneuver in Chagas disease patients without cardiopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-54

  Oliveira, Enilce ^a   Ribeiro, Antonio L P ^a,b   Silva, Fernando Assis ^a   Torres, Rosalia M ^a   Rocha, Manoel O C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Parasympathetic nervous system; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STROKE VOLUME; VAGUS NERVE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0036146426     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00599-X     Document Type: Article

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