Electrocardiography in Chagas' heart disease
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Electrocardiography in Chagas' heart disease.
Conventional ECG still plays an important role in the overall knowledge of Chagas' cardiopathy, because of its importance in longitudinal and epidemiological studies, its diagnostic value, and its utility in prognostic evaluation. The authors discuss these aspects, as well as the use of eCG in the acute phase and the significance of a normal ECG in Chagas' disease. Correlations were made betwee...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801995000200011