Impact of right ventricular pacing on patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy with chronic systolic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-220

  Parra, Andrelisa V ^a   Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Cardinalli Neto, Augusto ^a   Otaviano, Ana Paula ^a   Nogueira, Paulo R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American; Chagas disease; Heart failure; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Outcome; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 84855825517     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.043     Document Type: Article

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