Clinical management of chronic chagas cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rocha, Manoel O C ^a,b   Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   Teixeira, Mauro M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Ctro Tratamento Referencia D   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Chagas disease; Disease; Heart; Heart Failure; Infection; Inflammation; Parasite; Review

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BENZNIDAZOLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; METOPROLOL; NIFURTIMOX; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; STAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIGITALIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3142781530     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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