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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2017
Chagas disease is an endemic disease in Latin America that is increasingly found in non-endemic areas all over the world due to the flow of migrants from Central and South America.
Ana Rita Ramalho, David Prieto, Pedro Antunes, Fátima Franco, Manuel J. Antunes   +4 more
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Self and parasite-derived peptides selected upon DERAA-bearing HLA-DRB1 alleles activate CD4+ T cells from Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and are associated with ventricular dysfunction. [PDF]

Front Immunol
Souza-Silva TG, Neves EGA, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Figueiredo AB, Morais KLP, Apostólico J, Rodrigues H, Kalil J, Juliano MA, Juliano L, Araújo SS, Pantaleao AN, Mutarelli A, Nunes MCP, Gollob KJ, Dutra WO.   +15 more
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Longitudinal study of patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy in Brazil (SaMi-Trop project): a cohort profile. [PDF]

, 2016
PurposeWe have established a prospective cohort of 1959 patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy to evaluate if a clinical prediction rule based on ECG, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, and other biomarkers can be useful in clinical practice ...
Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza, Cardoso, Clareci Silva, Cunha-Neto, Edécio, de Oliveira, Lea Campos, Ferreira, Ariela Mota, Ferreira, João Eduardo, Haikal, Desirée Sant'Ana, Oliveira, Claudia Di Lorenzo, Reingold, Arthur L, Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira   +10 more
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CD14 genotype and functional dichotomy of CD14+ and CD14- cells are associated with activated immune response and development of Chagas dilated cardiomyopathy [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
We aimed to investigate the association of CD14 -260C/T (rs2569190) polymorphism and Chagas cardiomyopathy and the functional characteristics of CD14+ and CD14- monocytes upon infection with Trypanosoma cruzi.
Germano Carneiro Costa, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Paulo Eduardo Alencar de Souza, Diego Felipe SA Melo, Paula Rocha Moreira, Kenneth John Gollob, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Walderez Ornelas Dutra   +7 more
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