Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in a patient with chronic heart failure due to chagas disease: a case report
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Hugo Souza Bittencourt, Erenaldo de Souza Rodrigues Junior, Cristiano Gonçalves da Cruz, Alessandro Mezzani, Francisco José Farias Borges dos Reis, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho I Serviço de Reabilitação Cardı́aca do Hospital Ana Neri da Universidade Federal da Bahia (HAN-UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. II Laboratory for the Analysis of Cardiorespiratory Signals Cardiology Division Veruno Scientific Institute Salvatore Maugeri Foundation IRCCS Veruno (NO) – Italy. III Laboratório de Insuficiência Cardı́aca e Transplante do Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (InCor HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil. IV Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Brazil.
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