Association of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy stages with obstructive sleep apnea and excessive daytime sleepiness: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Cruz LF +9 more
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Mortality risk score for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy and pacemaker. [PDF]
de Lima Peixoto G +6 more
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Approximately 300,000 people in the United States are estimated to have Chagas’ disease, with cardiac manifestations including arrhythmias occurring in 20%–30% of patients.
Devang R. Amin +8 more
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis [PDF]
Ferreira Felix I +11 more
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Deficient regulatory T cell activity and low frequency of IL-17-producing T cells correlate with the extent of cardiomyopathy in human Chagas' disease. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Myocardium damage during Chagas' disease results from the immunological imbalance between pro- and production of anti-inflammatory cytokines and has been explained based on the Th1-Th2 dichotomy and regulatory T cell activity.
Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes +11 more
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Stroke correlates in chagasic and non-chagasic cardiomyopathies. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Aging and migration have brought changes to the epidemiology and stroke has been shown to be independently associated with Chagas disease.
José Alberto Martins da Matta +4 more
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Comprehensive analysis of three TYK2 gene variants in the susceptibility to Chagas disease infection and cardiomyopathy. [PDF]
Tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) is a member of the Janus kinases family implicated in the signal transduction of type I interferons and several interleukins. It has been described that genetic mutations within TYK2 lead to multiple deleterious effects in the ...
Daniel A Leon Rodriguez +7 more
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Background Although Chagas cardiomyopathy is related to thromboembolic stroke, data on risk factors for cerebrovascular events in Chagas disease is limited.
Henrique Turin Moreira +6 more
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GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels
A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a locus in chromosome 11 associated with the chronic cardiac form of Chagas disease. Here we aimed to elucidate the potential functional mechanism underlying this genetic association by analyzing ...
Desiré Casares-Marfil +7 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Variants Predispose to Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathies are major causes of heart failure. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is endemic in Central and South America.
Frédéric Gallardo +39 more
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