Chronic renal impairment in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy with chronic systolic heart failure: Prevalence and prognostic significance

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-134

  Ardito, Sabrina Q ^a   Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Cardinalli Neto, Augusto ^a   Otaviano, Ana P ^a   Nogueira, Paulo R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Chagas cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease; Chronic kidney disease; Heart failure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SODIUM;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 80053569690     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.07.060     Document Type: Article

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