Endomyocardial fibrosis associated with mansoni schistosomiasis;Endomiocardiofibrose associada à esquistossomose mansoni

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 644-645

  Carneiro, Renata de Carvalho Bicalho ^a   Santos, Alexandre Lemos da Silveira ^a   Brant, Luisa Campos Caldeira ^a   Rabelo, Fábio Tôrres ^a   Ligeiro, Carla Maia ^a   de Barcelos, Isabella Peixoto ^a   Silva, Vanessa Barbosa ^a   Silva, Virgínia Sheila Xavier ^a   Nunes, Maria do Carmo Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial fibrosis; Mansoni schistosomiasis; Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG PARASITOID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 81455128141     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000500026     Document Type: Article

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