Key result
Echocardiographic parameters, including left ventricular systolic dimension and ejection fraction, were significant predictors of mortality (P<0.0001) in patients with chronic Chagas disease.
Why the study?
Does echocardiography predict mortality and clinical events in patients with chronic Chagas disease without heart failure?
Population
849 patients with chronic Chagas disease without heart failure from the community of San Martín, Buenos…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 9.9 years
Authors
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Echocardiography may support risk stratification in chronic Chagas disease without heart failure; leaves open prospective validation before changing practice.
Cohort (n=849)
No
Does echocardiography predict mortality and clinical events in patients with chronic Chagas disease without heart failure?
p-value: p=< 0.0001
Echocardiographic parameters, specifically left ventricular systolic dimension and ejection fraction, are significant predictors of mortality and clinical events in patients with chronic Chagas disease without heart failure.
Rodolfo Viotti (2004) conducted a cohort in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy without heart failure (n=849). Echocardiographic parameters was evaluated on Mortality and clinical events (p=< 0.0001). Echocardiographic parameters, including left ventricular systolic dimension and ejection fraction, were significant predictors of mortality (P<0.0001) in patients with chronic Chagas disease.
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