Chagas cardiomyopathy: an update of current clinical knowledge and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MCP Nunes, A Beaton, H Acquatella, C Bern… - Circulation, 2018‏ - ahajournals.org
Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

Recommendations for multimodality cardiac imaging in patients with Chagas disease: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration with …

H Acquatella, FM Asch, MM Barbosa… - Journal of the …, 2018‏ - onlinejase.com
Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A
Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the …

[HTML][HTML] 2 nd Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease, 2015

JCP Dias, AN Ramos Jr, ED Gontijo… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease is a neglected chronic condition with a high burden of morbidity and
mortality. It has considerable psychological, social, and economic impacts. The disease …

Brazilian consensus on Chagas disease, 2015

JCP Dias, AN Ramos Jr, ED Gontijo… - … e Serviços de Saúde, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO A doença de Chagas é uma condição crônica negligenciada com elevada carga
de morbimortalidade e impacto dos pontos de vista psicológico, social e econômico …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease cardiomyopathy

MV Simões, MMD Romano, A Schmidt… - International Journal of …, 2018‏ - SciELO Brasil
Chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy (CCC) is a result of low-intensity, but incessant,
focal fibrosing myocarditis, caused by persistent T. cruzi infection associated with …

Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease: an expert consensus of Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and the European Association of …

MCP Nunes, LP Badano, JA Marin-Neto… - European Heart …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Aims To develop a document by Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and
the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) to review and summarize the …

II Consenso Brasileiro em doença de Chagas, 2015

JCP Dias, AN Ramos Jr, ED Gontijo… - … e Serviços de …, 2016‏ - SciELO Public Health
RESUMO A doença de Chagas é uma condição crônica negligenciada com elevada carga
de morbimortalidade e impacto dos pontos de vista psicológico, social e econômico …

Arrhythmogenic manifestations of Chagas disease: perspectives from the bench to bedside

D Roman-Campos, JA Marin-Neto… - Circulation …, 2024‏ - ahajournals.org
Chagas cardiomyopathy caused by infection with the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi is the most common and severe expression of human Chagas disease. Heart failure …

Early detection of left ventricular contractility abnormalities by two‐dimensional speckle tracking strain in Chagas' disease

MM Barbosa, MOC Rocha, DF Vidigal… - …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Chagas' disease is an important cause of heart failure, and early identification
of cardiac involvement may help to identify patients at risk for disease progression. Two …

Chagas cardiomiopathy: the potential of diastolic dysfunction and brain natriuretic peptide in the early identification of cardiac damage

A Garcia-Alvarez, M Sitges, MJ Pinazo… - PLoS neglected …, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Introduction Chagas disease remains a major cause of mortality in several countries of Latin
America and has become a potential public health problem in non-endemic countries as a …