The role of circulatory assistance and heart transplantation in Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Leirner, Adolfo A ^a   Moreira, Luiz Felipe P ^a   Stolf, Noedir A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBUS;

EID: 34247138774     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Editorial

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