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Vagal dysfunction and the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas disease

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 100; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.11.006

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Diego F. Dávila, Justo Santiago, Wilmer A. Odreman,

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Vagal dysfunction is thought to be an early, primary and specific abnormality of chronic Chagas disease. However, chagasic patients with unequivocal evidence of heart disease, can have normal or abnormal vagal control of heart rate. A common explanation for these apparently discordant and contradictory results is proposed.