Chagas' heart disease: evolutive evaluation of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters in patients with the indeterminate form
Why the study?
What are the long-term electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes in patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease?
Population
160 patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
98.6+/-30.4 months
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Discussion
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Implication
May support conservative monitoring in indeterminate Chagas; leaves open need for larger prospective studies on ECG changes.
Structured PICO
What are the long-term electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes in patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease?
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Population
160 patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease
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Outcome
Electrocardiographic changes and left ventricular ejection fractionsurrogate
The indeterminate form of Chagas' disease has a benign long-term prognosis with preserved left ventricular systolic function, despite some patients developing electrocardiographic changes.
Cite This Study
Ianni et al. (2001) studied this question.