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Venous endothelial dysfunction in Chagas' disease patients without heart failure [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the venous endothelial function in Chagas' disease patients without heart failure. METHODS: The Chagas' disease Group (G1) was composed by 14 women and 2 men aged 46 ± 2,7 and the Control Group (G0) by 7 women and 1 man matched by ...
Casarini, Dulce Elena, Consolim-Colombo, Fernanda, Ianni, Bárbara Maria, Irigoyen, Maria Claudia, Krieger, Eduardo Moacir, Mady, Charles, Moreno Junior, Heitor, Muller, Andreia Simone, Plentz, Rodrigo Della Méa, Rubira, Marcelo Custodio   +9 more
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Circulating Plasma MicroRNA-208a as Potential Biomarker of Chronic Indeterminate Phase of Chagas Disease

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most severe clinical manifestation of chronic Chagas disease. The disease affects most of the Latin American countries, being considered one of the leading causes of morbidity and death in the continent.
Leandra Linhares-Lacerda, Leandra Linhares-Lacerda, Alessandra Granato, João Francisco Gomes-Neto, Luciana Conde, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Elisangela O. de Freitas, Celio G. Freire-de-Lima, Shana P. Coutinho Barroso, Rodrigo Jorge de Alcântara Guerra, Roberto C. Pedrosa, Wilson Savino, Wilson Savino, Alexandre Morrot, Alexandre Morrot   +14 more
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Regulatory lymphoid and myeloid cells determine the cardiac immunopathogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection [PDF]

, 2018
Chagas disease is a multisystemic disorder caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which affects ~8 million people in Latin America, killing 7,000 people annually.
Abrahamsohn, Aliberti, Aliberti, Anderssohn, Antúnez, Antúnez, Araujo, Argüello, Arocena, Bergeron, Bettelli, Blackwell, Bonney, Bronte, Bronte, Bronte, Brys, Böhme, Cabalén, Cabral-Piccin, Cai, Calderón, Carbajosa, Cardillo, Chen, Choi, Collison, Cuervo, Cuervo, da Costa, da Matta Guedes, de Araújo, Esper, Flores-García, Gabrilovich, Gallina, Gao, Gazzinelli, Geissmann, Ghassabeh, Gironès, Golden, Gomes, González, González, González, Goñi, Guedes, Guerrero, Guilliams, Hall, Holscher, Jäger, Kitada, Konig, Kotner, Kralova, Kumar, Lewis, Luna-Gomes, Mariano, Martin, Matos, Medina, Mengel, Ming, Miyazaki, Munder, Muñoz-Fernández, Müller, Nihei, Perez-Molina, Ponce, Poncini, Rassi, Rodriguez, Roffê, Sakaguchi, Sales, Sanmarco, Sanoja, Santamaría, Silva, Silva, Silverio, Stempin, Teerlink, Telleria, Tosello Boari, Vasconcelos, Vincendeau, Wirth, Wynn, Zingales, Zingales   +94 more
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Profile of soluble cell adhesion molecules as potential biomarkers in the cardiac stages of chronic Chagas disease

Frontiers in Immunology
Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most severe chronic manifestation and leading cause of mortality in the disease. Chronic inflammation, resulting from persistent infection by T.
Victor Vaitkevicius-Antão, Bruno Almeida Silva, Michelle da Silva Barros, Cíntia Nascimento da Costa-Oliveira, Byannca de Carvalho Torreão, Ana Carla da Silva, Silvia Marinho Martins, Cristina Carrazone, Wilson Oliveira, Carolina de Araújo Medeiros, Michelle Christiane da Silva Rabello, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena   +11 more
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Ventricular arrhythmias in Chagas disease

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015
Sudden death is one of the most characteristic phenomena of Chagas disease, and approximately one-third of infected patients develop life-threatening heart disease, including malignant ventricular arrhythmias.
Marco Paulo Tomaz Barbosa, Andre Assis Lopes do Carmo, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro   +3 more
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Cardiac transplantation and neoplasms: experiences at Escola Paulista de Medicina of the Federal University of São Paulo [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To study the occurrence and types of neoplasms developed by patients who underwent an orthotopic cardiac transplantation under the Program of Cardiac Transplantation of Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo.
Aguiar, Luciano de Figueiredo, Branco, João Nelson Rodrigues, Buffolo, Enio, Catani, Roberto, Mello Junior, Walter Teixeira de, Paez, Rodrigo Pereira   +5 more
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Chronic phase of Chagas disease: why should it be treated? A comprehensive review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
The pathogenesis and evolutive pattern of Chagas disease suggests that the chronic phase should be more widely treated in order to (i) eliminate Trypanosoma cruzi and prevent new inflammatory foci and the extension of tissue lesions, (ii) promote tissue ...
José Rodrigues Coura, José Borges-Pereira   +1 more
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Habitat Management to Reduce Human Exposure to Trypanosoma cruzi and Western Conenose Bugs (Triatoma protracta). [PDF]

, 2016
Chagas disease, which manifests as cardiomyopathy and severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a vector-borne parasite. In California, the vector Triatoma protracta frequently colonizes woodrat (Neotoma spp.) lodges, but may ...
Conrad, Patricia, Goldstein, Tracey, Mazet, Jonna, Niemela, Michael, Shender, Lisa   +4 more
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Complicações neurológicas em transplantes cardíacos [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVE: Neurologic complications are known as important cause of morbidity and mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation. Our aim was to identify the frequency and outcome of neurologic complications after heart transplantation in a prospective ...
Almeida, Dirceu Rodrigues de, Branco, João Nelson Rodrigues, Carvalho, Antonio Carlos, Castelo Filho, Adauto, Diniz, Rosiane Viana Zuza, Gabbai, Alberto Alain, Malheiros, Suzana Maria Fleury, Massaro, Ayrton R.   +7 more
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Nitroheterocyclic drugs cure experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infections more effectively in the chronic stage than in the acute stage [PDF]

, 2016
The insect-transmitted protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, and infects 5-8 million people in Latin America.
A Fortes Francisco, A Molina-Berríos, A Rassi Jr., AJ Romanha, AM Canavaci, AM Mejia, AP Gruendling, BR Branchini, BS Hall, BS Hall, C Bern, C Bern, C Davies, CA Morillo, CA Morillo, CJ Salomon, E Chatelain, E Torreele, EL Isola, F Buckner, FJ Carod-Artal, I Molina, J Bermudez, J Rodriques Coura, JA Urbina, JA Urbina, JC Villar, JM Coteron, L Gaspar, LV Kirchhoff, MA Cordeiro, MD Lewis, MD Lewis, MD Lewis, MT Bahia, MT Bahia, PM Guedes, RL Hamers, S Jabari, SL Croft, SR Wilkinson, SR Wilkinson, SR Wilkinson, T Assíria Fontes Martins, Y Jackson   +44 more
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