Mechanical cardiac remodeling and new-onset atrial fibrillation in long-term follow-up of subjects with chronic Chagas' disease

Mechanical cardiac remodeling and new-onset atrial fibrillation in long-term follow-up of subjects with chronic Chagas' disease

Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects subjects with Chagas' disease and is an indicator of poor prognosis. We investigated clinical, echocardiographic and electrocardiographic variables of Chagas' disease in a long-term longitudinal study as predictors of a new-onset AF episode lasting >24 h...

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Main Authors: P.R. Benchimol-Barbosa, J. Barbosa-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2009-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Chagas' disease
Cardiomyopathy
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiac death
Embolic stroke
Prognosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000300006

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