Incidence and variables associated with arrhythmias during dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography among patients with Chagas disease.

Daniela do Carmo Rassi Viviane Tiemi HottaRogério Gomes FurtadoMarcelo Luiz Campos VieiraFabio Paula TurcoLuciano Henrique MelatoColandy Godoy NunesLuiz RassiSalvador Rassi

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

DSE should be considered a safe examination in patients with CD despite the known increased risk of arrhythmias in this group of patients. The occurrence of arrhythmias was low in this study. Abnormal wall-motion score index values at rest were associated with the occurrence of significant and nonsignificant arrhythmias during the test.

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patient reported outcomes
mass spectrometry
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