Risk estimation approach in Chagas disease is still needed

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-296

  Nunes, Maria Carmo P ^a   Reis, Rodrigo Citton Padilha ^a   Colosimo, Enrico Antônio ^a   Ribeiro, Antônio Luiz P ^a   Barbosa, Felipe Batista Lima ^a   Da Silva, José Luiz Padilha ^a   Botoni, Fernando Antônio ^a   Barbosa, Marcia M ^a   Rocha, Manoel O C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Risk assessment; tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; NET RECLASSIFICATION IMPROVEMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951956214     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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