Mortality indicators among chronic Chagas patients living in an endemic area

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-242

  Gonçalves, José Geraldo Ferreira ^a   Dias Silva, Valdo José ^a   Calzada Borges, Maria Cândida ^a   Prata, Aluízio ^a   Correia, Dalmo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Chagas disease; Endemic area; Longitudinal study; Mortality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAZIL; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956615229     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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