ECG manifestations of the biggest outbreak of chagas disease due to oral infection in Latin-America;As manifestações de ECG do maior surto da doença de Chagas devido a infecção oral na América Latina

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-254

  Marques, Juan ^a   Mendoza, Iván ^a   Noya, Belkisyolé ^a   Acquatella, Harry ^a   Palacios, Igor ^a   Marques Mejias, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Arrhthmias; Cardiac; Chagas cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease complications; Contamination; Electrocardiography; Juices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUAVA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; MYOCARDITIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BEVERAGES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884751280     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20130144     Document Type: Article

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