T-wave axis deviation as an independent predictor of mortality in chronic Chagas' disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1136-1140

  Salles, Gil F ^a   Xavier, Sergio S ^a   Sousa, Andrea S ^a   Hasslocher Moreno, Alejandro ^a   Cardoso, Claudia R L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; T WAVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1942500311     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.040     Document Type: Article

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