Minor segmental wall motion abnormalities detected in patients with Chagas' disease have adverse prognostic implications

Recent data from our laboratory have shown that patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease can have impairment of left ventricular contractility, as evaluated by the slope of the left ventricle end-systolic pressure-dimension relationship. We also showed that Chagas' disease p...

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Main Authors: Pazin-Filho A., Romano M.M.D., Almeida-Filho O.C., Furuta M.S., Viviani L.F., Schmidt A., Marin-Neto J.A., Maciel B.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2006-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000400008