Valsalva maneuver in chagasic patients with documented past medical history of acute chagasic myocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Odreman, Rodolfo O ^a   Dávila, Diego F ^a,b   Donis, Jose H ^a   Torres, Argenis ^a   Ferrer, Jose ^a   Inglessis, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Chagasic myocarditis; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 1242317139     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(03)00197-9     Document Type: Article

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