A Systematic Review of Studies on Heart Transplantation for Patients With End-Stage Chagas' Heart Disease

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Theodoropoulos, Tatiana A D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis, heart transplantation, heart failure; Chagas' disease

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BENZNIDAZOLE;

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALLOPURINOL; CHAGAS DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEOPLASMS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 62649159995     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.10.023     Document Type: Review

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