Effects of B-Blockers on outcome of patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy with chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-208

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Otaviano, Ana Paula ^a   Cardinalli Neto, Augusto ^a   Da Rocha, Bianca Faria ^a   Theodoropoulos, Tatiana A D ^a   Cordeiro, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carvedilol; Chagas' cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; Heart failure; Metoprolol; Outcome; Succinate

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; INOTROPIC AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DIMENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052328134     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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