Noninvasive prognostic markers for cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmia in long-term follow-up of subjects with chronic Chagas' disease

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-178

  Benchimol Barbosa, P R ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^b Central Hospital of Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Long term follow up study; Noninvasive prognostic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846912465     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000061     Document Type: Article

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