Association between left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and ventricular arrhythmia in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease;Associação entre dissinergia miocárdica e arritmia ventricular na forma indeterminada da doença de Chagas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-216

  Barros, Márcio Lins ^a   Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz ^a   do Carmo Nunes, Maria ^a   da Rocha, Manoel Otávio Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Echocardiography; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INDETERMINATE FORM OF CHAGAS DISEASE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79957854859     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011005000020     Document Type: Article

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