Case-control study of factors associated with chronic Chagas heart disease in patients over 50 years of age
A case-control study on chronic Chagas heart disease (CCHD) was carried out between 1997 and 2005. Ninety patients over 50 years of age were examined for factors related to (CCHD). Fourty-six patients (51.1%) with Chagas heart disease (anomalous ECG) were assigned to the case group and 44 (48.9%) we...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2007-11-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762007000700010 |