Prognostic impact of Chagas' disease in patients awaiting heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-453

  Bertolino, Natália D ^a   Villafanha, Daniel F ^a   Cardinalli Neto, Augusto ^a   Cordeiro, José A ^a   Arcanjo, Milena J ^a   Theodoropoulos, Tatiana A D ^a   Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; heart failure; heart transplantation; outcome

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77949566672     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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