Functional capacity and right ventricular function in patients with Chagas heart disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 590-595

  Nunes, Maria Do Carmo Pereira ^a   Beloti, Francilu R ^a   Lima, Marcia Maria Oliveira ^a,b   Barbosa, Marcia M ^a   Filho, Marcelo Martins Pinto ^a   De Barros, Marcio Vinícius Lins ^a   Rocha, Manoel O C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Exercise capacity; Right ventricular function; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77955457763     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq022     Document Type: Article

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