Correlation between Cardiomegaly on Chest X-Ray and Left Ventricular Diameter on Echocardiography in Patients with Chagas Disease.

Matheus Rassi Fernandes Ramos Henrique Turin Moreira Gustavo Jardim Volpe Minna Moreira Dias RomanoBenedito Carlos MacielAndre SchmidtAnis Rassi JuniorJose Antônio Marin Neto

Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2021)

LVEDD on echocardiography is an appropriate, highly specific parameter to distinguish between the presence and absence of cardiomegaly on chest X-ray in Chagas disease. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021; 116(1):68-74).

Keyphrases

left ventricular
high resolution
dual energy
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
computed tomography
acute myocardial infarction
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
mitral valve
left atrial
aortic stenosis
pulmonary hypertension
electron microscopy
magnetic resonance imaging
optical coherence tomography