Value of echocardiography for diagnosis and prognosis of chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy without heart failure

Objectives: To establish the usefulness of echocardiography for the clinical classification of patients with Chagas disease and to determine the predictors of mortality and clinical events. Methods: 849 patients with chronic Chagas disease with a mean follow up of 9.9 years were studied. On admissio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British heart journal 2004-06, Vol.90 (6), p.655-660
Hauptverfasser:	Viotti, R J, Vigliano, C, Laucella, S, Lococo, B, Petti, M, Bertocchi, G, Ruiz Vera, B, Armenti, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Analysis of Variance aneurysms Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiomyopathy Cardiovascular Medicine Chagas Cardiomyopathy - diagnostic imaging Chagas Cardiomyopathy - mortality Chagas Cardiomyopathy - pathology Chagas disease Chronic Disease echocardiography Echocardiography - methods Electrocardiography Female Heart Heart attacks Heart failure Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies Myocardium - pathology Parasitic diseases Patients Prognosis Protozoal diseases Radiography Trypanosomiasis Ultrasonic imaging Variables Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - mortality Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - pathology
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