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Determinants of minute ventilation-carbon dioxide production relationship in Chagas cardiomyopathy
INTRODUCTION: The minute ventilation-carbon dioxide production relationship (VE/VCO2 slope) is among the main prognostic factors of Chagas cardiomyopathy whose determinants remain unknown. METHODS: Seventy-eight patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy were
Lucas Frois Fernandes Oliveira +9 more
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Biomakers in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy. [PDF]
The primary objective was to observe the relationship between serum levels of BNP, Ca-125, C-reactive protein and uric acid as prognostic and functional markers in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC). Circulating levels of cytokines: IL-1β, TNFα, IL-10, IL6, IL-8 and IL-12 were determined and investigated regarding their association with ...
Rodrigues AB +7 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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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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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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Rapidly Progressing Chagas Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, can cause a potentially life-threatening cardiomyopathy in approximately 10–40% of afflicted individuals. The decline in cardiac function characteristically progresses over the course of many years.
Hollowed, John +5 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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Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the protozoal parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is characterized by arrhythmias, myocardial damage, heart failure, and sudden death.
Elizabeth L. Malcolm +4 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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