PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR THE PROGRESSION OF CHRONIC CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITHOUT LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION

The identification of predictors for the progression of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) is essential to ensure adequate patient management. This study looked into a non-concurrent cohort of 165 CCC patients between 1985 and 2010 for independent predictors for CCC progression. The outcomes were w...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Silvana de Araújo SILVA, Eliane Dias GONTIJO, João Carlos Pinto DIAS, Camila Gomes de Souza ANDRADE, Carlos Faria Santos AMARAL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2015
Subjects:
Chagas cardiomyopathy
Clinical progression
Prognosis
Cohort studies
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Meier
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652015000200009
https://doaj.org/article/283b79b8cfb74b74a9faadfe23cc8d90

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