Right ventricular dysfunction is an independent predictor of survival in patients with dilated chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Nunes, Maria do Carmo P ^a,b   Rocha, Manoel Otávio C ^b   Ribeiro, Antônio Luiz P ^b   Colosimo, Enrico A ^b   Rezende, Renato A ^b   Carmo, Guilherme Augusto A ^b   Barbosa, Marcia M ^a  

^a Hospital Geral Socor   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; Echocardiography; Right ventricle; Tei index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 45849094109     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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