Value of the radiological study of the thorax for diagnosing left ventricular dysfunction in Chagas' disease;Valor do estudo radiológico do tórax no diagnóstico de disfunção ventricular esquerda na doença de Chagas

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-213

  Arantes Perez, Amanda ^a   Pinho Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz ^a,b   Lins Barros, Márcio Vinícius ^a   De Sousa, Marcos Roberto ^a   Bittencourt, Roberto José ^a   Santana Machado, Fernando ^a   Costa Rocha, Manoel Otávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Chest radiography; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037299214     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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