title: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with Chagas heart disease: misperceptions, many questions and the urgent need for a randomized clinical trial.
authors.forename: Anis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rassi
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000401:mortality*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control*