title: Predictors of all-cause mortality for patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy listed for heart transplantation.
abstract: This study sought to determine independent predictors of all-cause mortality for patients with Chagas' disease heart failure listed for heart transplantation. Need of inotropic support (p=0.01; hazard ratio=14.68, 95% Confidence Interval 1.86 to 115.82) and the Transpulmonary Gradient (p=0.02; HR=1.15, 95% Confidence Interval 1.03 to 1.30) were established independent predictors of all-cause mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jorge A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dib
authors.forename: Reinaldo B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Bestetti
authors.forename: Paula F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Tatiana A D
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Theodoropoulos
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cardinalli-Neto
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D014850:Waiting Lists