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Prognostic Value of QT Interval Parameters for Mortality Risk Stratification in Chagas’ Disease

Gil F. Salles, Sérgio Salles Xavier, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher‐Moreno, Cláudia Santos de Aguiar Cardoso

Circulation · 2003 · 132 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Electrocardiographic QTd and echocardiographic LV end-systolic dimension were the most important mortality predictors in patients with Chagas' disease. Heart rate, the presence on ECG of pathological Q waves, frequent PVCs, and isolated LAFB refined the mortality risk stratification.

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