Heart rate recovery in asymptomatic patients with Chagas disease.

BACKGROUND: Chagas disease patients with right bundle-branch block (RBBB) have diverse clinical presentation and prognosis, depending on left ventricular (LV) function. Autonomic disorder can be an early marker of heart involvement. The heart rate recovery (HRR) after exercise may identify autonomic...

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Main Authors: Maria Clara Noman de Alencar, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Márcia Maria de Oliveira Lima, Henrique Silveira Costa, Giovane Rodrigo Sousa, Renata de Carvalho Bicalho Carneiro, Guilherme Canabrava Rodrigues Silva, Fernando Vieira Brandão, Lucas Jordan Kreuser, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4076274?pdf=render