Results 21 to 30 of about 12,753 (211)

Emerging Trends in Left Ventricular Thrombus: A Comprehensive Review of Non-Ischemic and Ischemic Cardiopathies, Including Eosinophilic Myocarditis, Chagas Cardiomyopathy, Amyloidosis, and Innovative Anticoagulant Approaches. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Colle B, Demeure F, Higny J, Benoit M, Henry JP, Michaux I, Robaye B, Xhaët O, Gabriel L, Guedes A, Blommaert D, Dulieu N, Berners Y, Wery F, Droogmans S, Cosyns B, Luchian ML.   +16 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Antiparasitic treatment with itraconazole and amiodarone in 2 dogs with severe, symptomatic Chagas cardiomyopathy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022
Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the protozoal parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is characterized by arrhythmias, myocardial damage, heart failure, and sudden death.
Elizabeth L. Malcolm, Ashley B. Saunders, Jordan P. Vitt, Bruno G. Boutet, Sarah A. Hamer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
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, Martin Kerick, Eduardo Andrés-León, Pau Bosch-Nicolau, Israel Molina, Chagas Genetics CYTED Network, Javier Martin, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Variants Predispose to Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy

Hearts, 2023
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, Pauline Brochet, David Goudenège, João Paulo Silva Nunes, Pauline Andrieux, Barbara Maria Ianni, Amanda Farage Frade, Charles Mady, Ronaldo Honorato Barros Santos, Andreia Kuramoto, Samuel Steffen, Antonio Noedir Stolf, Pablo Pomerantzeff, Alfredo Inacio Fiorelli, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Cristina Wide Pissetti, Bruno Saba, Fabrício C. Dias, Marcelo Ferraz Sampaio, Fabio Antônio Gaiotto, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Abílio Fragata, Ricardo Costa Fernandes Zaniratto, Sergio Siqueira, Giselle De Lima Peixoto, Fernando Bacal, Paula Buck, Rafael Ribeiro Almeida, Hui Tzu Lin-Wang, André Schmidt, Mario Hiroyuki Hirata, Eduardo Antonio Donadi, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, Martino Martinelli, Michel Naslavsky, Jorge Kalil, Vincent Procaccio, Edecio Cunha-Neto, Christophe Chevillard   +39 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary characteristics and outcomes in chagasic heart failure compared with other nonischemic and ischemic cardiomyopathy [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Chagas’ disease is an important cause of cardiomyopathy in Latin America. We aimed to compare clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction caused by Chagas’ disease, with other ...
Claudio R. Gimpelewicz, Efraín A. Gómez, Felipe Martinez, Felix Ramires, Jean L. Rouleau, John J.V. McMurray, Karl Swedberg, Kenneth Dickstein, Lars Køber, Li Shen, Luis Eduardo Echeverría, Luiz Carlos Bodanese, Michael R. Zile, Milton Packer, null null, Pardeep S. Jhund, Scott D. Solomon, William T. Abraham   +17 more
core   +3 more sources

Increased plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in asymptomatic/"indeterminate" and Chagas disease cardiomyopathy patients [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
We compared plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels among asymptomatic/"indeterminate" Chagas disease patients (ASY) and patients across the clinical spectrum of chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy (CCC). Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Renata Cristina Ferreira, Barbara M Ianni, Lucia CJ Abel, Paula Buck, Charles Mady, Jorge Kalil, Edecio Cunha-Neto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chagas disease reactivation in a heart transplant patient infected by domestic Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit I (TcIDOM) [PDF]

, 2015
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, displays high intraspecific genetic diversity: six genetic lineages or discrete typing units (DTUs) are currently recognized, termed TcI through TcVI.
Bhattacharyya, T., Burleigh, B.A., Costales, J.A., Garcia-Perez, J., Kotton, C.N., Llewellyn, M.S., Messenger, L.A., Zurita-Leal, A.C.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Gap junction reduction in cardiomyocytes following transforming growth factor- beta treatment and Trypanosoma cruzi infection [PDF]

, 2009
Gap junction connexin-43 (Cx43) molecules are responsible for electrical impulse conduction in the heart and are affected by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta).
Becker, D, Burnstock, G, Coutinho-Silva, R, de Araujo-Jorge, TC, Feige, JJ, Higuchi, MD, Waghabi, MC   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluation of the six-minute walk test in patients with chronic heart failure associated with Chagas' disease and systemic arterial hypertension Avaliação do teste de caminhada de seis minutos em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca crônica associada à doença de Chagas e hipertensão arterial sistêmica

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
INTRODUCTION: To evaluate physical capacity as determined by the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with chronic heart failure due to Chagas' disease associated with systemic arterial hypertension (Chagas-SAH).
Kelly Cristina Colaço Dourado, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Augusto Cardinalli-Neto, José Antônio Cordeiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scientometrics analysis of research activity and collaboration patterns in Chagas cardiomyopathy. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Chagas cardiomyopathy is a serious and common complication of Chagas disease.Through bibliometric and Social Network Analysis, we examined patterns of research on Chagas cardiomyopathy, identifying the main countries, authors, research clusters, and ...
Gregorio González-Alcaide, Alejandro Salinas, José M Ramos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source