Left Atrial Volume Provides Independent Prognostic Value in Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Nunes, Maria Carmo P ^a,b   Barbosa, Marcia M ^a   Ribeiro, Antônio Luiz P ^b   Colosimo, Enrico A ^b   Rocha, Manoel O C ^b  

^a Hospital Geral Socor   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease; Echocardiography; Left atrial volume; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL;

BRAZIL; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149089041     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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