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Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Latin America Review

Current Cardiology Reports, 2019
Chagas cardiomyopathy is a major public health disease in Latin America and, due to migration, is becoming a worldwide health and economic burden. This review sought to present the clinical and epidemiological aspects of Chagas cardiomyopathy, as well as some specific features and principles of treatment.
Jefferson Luis Vieira, Fabio Tavora, Maria Gyslane Vasconcelos Sobral   +2 more
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Diagnosis and management of Chagas disease and cardiomyopathy

Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2012
Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most severe and life-threatening manifestation of human Chagas disease--a 'neglected' tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease is endemic in all continental Latin American countries, but has become a worldwide problem because of migration of infected individuals to developed countries,
Antonio L, Ribeiro, Maria P, Nunes, Mauro M, Teixeira, Manoel O C, Rocha   +3 more
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Clinical management of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Bioscience, 2003
Chagas disease is caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, and infects over 15 million people worldwide. New cases of the disease are now uncommon, mainly due to national control programs in Latin America. However, there is a large reservoir of chronically infected patients, many of whom will develop chagasic cardiopathy.
Manoel O C, Rocha, Antonio Luiz P, Ribeiro, Mauro M, Teixeira   +2 more
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Cardiology Clinics, 2017
Catherine Pastorius Benziger, Gabriel Assis Lopes do Carmo, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro   +2 more
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The Assassin: Chagas Cardiomyopathy

The American Journal of Medicine, 2013
Uppinder K, Mattu, Gagan D, Singh, Jeffrey A, Southard, Ezra A, Amsterdam   +3 more
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Sympathetic Denervation

Current Cardiology Reports
More than a century since its discovery, the pathogenesis of Chagas heart disease (CHD) remains incompletely understood. The role of derangements in the autonomic control of the heart in triggering malignant arrhythmia before the appearance of contractile ventricular impairment was reviewed.Although previous investigations had demonstrated the ...
Leonardo Pippa, Gadioli, André, Schmidt, Benedito Carlos, Maciel, Gustavo Jardim, Volpe, Marcus Vinicius, Simões, José Antonio, Marin-Neto   +5 more
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Incidence and Predictors of Progression to Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Long-Term Follow-Up of Trypanosoma cruzi –Seropositive Individuals

Circulation, 2021
Larissa Natany A Martins, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso   +2 more
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Ten-Year Incidence of Chagas Cardiomyopathy Among Asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi –Seropositive Former Blood Donors

Circulation, 2013
Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Vera Maria Cury Salemi, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira   +2 more
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Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants With Dilated Cardiomyopathy in New York City

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013
Arti N Shah, David Rubinstein, Sean P Pinney   +2 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Chagas Cardiomyopathy in the United States

Current Cardiology Reports, 2018
Evan P Kransdorf, Jignesh K Patel
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