Predictors of all-cause mortality for patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy listed for heart transplantation.
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.
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Jorge A
JA
Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, Brazil.
Bestetti
Reinaldo B
RB
Freitas
Paula F
PF
Theodoropoulos
Tatiana A D
TA
Cardinalli-Neto
Augusto
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Cordeiro
José A
JA
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