Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5612924 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2011 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
LA function is more compromised in patients with CCM than in patients with DCM. This finding indicates a more diffuse and severe myocardial impairment in Chagas disease that is probably related to increased left ventricular filling pressures and atrial myopathy.
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Left Atrial Dysfunction in Chagas Cardiomyopathy Is More Severe Than in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Study with Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
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