Clinical meaning of ascites in patients with endomyocardial fibrosis

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-199

  Barretto, Antonio Carlos Pereira ^a   Mady, Charles ^a   Oliveira, Sergio Almeida ^a   Arteaga, Edmundo ^a   Bó, Creusa Dal ^a   Ramires, José Antonio Franchini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascites; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Restrictive cardiomiopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036484107     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2002000200008     Document Type: Article

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