Prognostic value of exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmia in chagas' heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1492-1497

  Pedrosa, Roberto Coury ^a   Salles, José Hugo Gameiro ^a   Magnanini, Monica M F ^a   Bezerra, Daniel C ^b   Bloch, Katia Vergetti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' heart disease; exercise test; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE INDUCED VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 81055157961     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03171.x     Document Type: Article

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