Doppler tissue imaging to assess systolic function in Chagas' disease

OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) for evaluating the systolic function of chagasic patients with and without electrocardiographic abnormalities, in comparision with echocardiographic study. METHODS: We studied 77 patients divided into 3 groups as follows: group 1 -...

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Main Authors: Márcio Vinícius Lins Barros, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Fernando Santana Machado, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003000100004&lng=en&tlng=en