Electrophysiologic study in chronic Chagas' heart disease
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Electrophysiologic study in chronic Chagas' heart disease.
Cardiac arrhythmias are common in chagasic patients. Electrophysiologic study is an invasive procedure for the investigation of sinus node function, atrioventricular node conduction and intraventricular (His-Purkinje) conduction and the mechanism of tachycardias. It is useful in elucidating syncope, dizziness and tachycardiac palpitations that remain unexplained by non-invasive diagnostic metho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801995000200016