Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2916367 | Global Heart | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In a selected population referred to a tertiary center for Chagas disease that included patients with different severities of cardiac involvement, the prevalence of ICE was 20%. The presence of apical aneurysm and intracavitary thrombus were independently associated with ICE, after adjustment for other risk factors for stroke.
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Authors
Maria Carmo P. Nunes, Lucas Jordan Kreuser, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Giovane Rodrigo Sousa, Henrique Silveira Costa, Fernando Antonio Botoni, Aline Cristina de Souza, Vitoria Emilia Gomes Marques, Antonio B. Fernandez, Antonio Lucio Teixeira,