WHF Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in Chagas Disease

Kate Ralston; Ezequiel Zaidel; Harry Acquatella; Marcia Melo Barbosa; Jagat Narula; Yu Nakagama; Gustavo Restrepo Molina; Karen Sliwa; Jose Luis Zamorano; Fausto J. Pinto; Daniel Jose Piñeiro; Mariana Corneli

doi:10.5334/gh.1207

WHF Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in Chagas Disease

Volume 18 (2023): Issue 1

By: Kate Ralston , Ezequiel Zaidel , Harry Acquatella , Marcia Melo Barbosa , Jagat Narula, Yu Nakagama , Gustavo Restrepo Molina, Karen Sliwa , Jose Luis Zamorano, Fausto J. Pinto , Daniel Jose Piñeiro and Mariana Corneli

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|Jun 2023

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