Chagasic cardiomyopathy in Spain: A diagnosis to bear in mind;Miocardiopatía chagásica en España: Un diagnóstico a tener en cuenta

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 538-540

  Florián Sanz, Francisco ^a,b   Gomez Navarro C ^a   Castrillo Garcia N ^a   Pedrote Martinez A ^a   Lage Galle E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; CARVEDILOL; FUROSEMIDE; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; SPAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BOLIVIA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

BOLIVIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN;

EID: 33644870809     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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