Heart transplantation: the experience of patients with Chagas disease TRANSPLANTE CARDÍACO (TC): A EXPERIÊNCIA DO PORTADOR DA DOENÇA DE CHAGAS TRASPLANTE CARDÍACO (TC): LA EXPERIENCIA DEL PORTADOR DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS
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1 RN. Adjunct Professor at Nursing Department, Botucatu Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Botucatu, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 2 Physician. Full Professor at Thoracic Surgery Department, University of São Paulo Medical School. Head of Heart Transplantation Program, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 3 Philosopher. Phenomenologist. Faculty at Mathematics Department, Rio Claro Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. [email protected] O R IG IN A L A R IC LE
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