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 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

Chagas disease: an overview of clinical and epidemiological aspects

MCP Nunes, W Dones, CA Morillo, JJ Encina… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a serious health problem in
Latin America and is an emerging disease in non-endemic countries. In recent decades, the …

Myocarditis in humans and in experimental animal models

P Błyszczuk - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myocarditis is defined as an inflammation of the cardiac muscle. In humans, various
infectious and non-infectious triggers induce myocarditis with a broad spectrum of …

Increased mortality attributed to Chagas disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZM Cucunubá, O Okuwoga, MG Basáñez… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background The clinical outcomes associated with Chagas disease remain poorly
understood. In addition to the burden of morbidity, the burden of mortality due to …

Recommendations for multimodality cardiac imaging in patients with Chagas disease: a report from the american society of echocardiography in collaboration with the …

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 …

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

L Shen, F Ramires, F Martinez… - Circulation: Heart …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
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) …

Myocarditis: etiology, pathogenesis, and their implications in clinical practice

E Brociek, A Tymińska, AS Giordani, ALP Caforio… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium which can lead
to serious short-term and long-term sequalae such as sudden cardiac death or dilated …

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 …

Developments in the management of Chagas cardiomyopathy

HB Tanowitz, FS Machado, DC Spray… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Over 100 years have elapsed since the discovery of Chagas disease and there is still much
to learn regarding pathogenesis and treatment. Although there are antiparasitic drugs …

Cardiac manifestations of parasitic diseases

MCP Nunes, MHG Júnior, AC Diamantino, CL Gelape… - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
The heart may be affected directly or indirectly by a variety of protozoa and helminths. This
involvement may manifest in different ways, but the syndromes resulting from impairment of …