Early detection of myocardial dysfunction in Chagas disease using novel echocardiographic indices

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 528-534

  Yacoub, Sophie ^a,b   Birks, Emma J ^a   Slavik, Zdenek ^a   Henein, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Detection; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Honduras; Myocardial performance index; Screening; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THICKNESS; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 7244236485     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80016-0     Document Type: Article

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