Serial electrophysiological studies of the heart's excito-conductor system in patients with chronic chagasic cardiopathy

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-25

  Valente, Ney ^a,b   Pimenta, João ^a   Vincenzo De Paola, Angelo Amato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular events; Chagas' disease; Electrophysiological studies

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33344470223     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2006000100004     Document Type: Article

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