Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Predicting Death in Chagas' Heart Disease
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- 24 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 355 (8) , 799-808
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa053241
Abstract
Chagas' disease is an important health problem in Latin America, and cardiac involvement is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. We developed a model to predict the risk of death in patients with Chagas' heart disease.Keywords
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