ArticleCardiac failure review2016
Chagas Heart Failure in Patients from Latin America.
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- Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Chagas disease in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
- Circulating MicroRNAs and myocardial involvement severity in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Undernutrition and Cachexia in Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure and Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Occurrence and Association with Hospital Outcomes.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2022Article
- Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Chronic Manifestations in Chagas Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Association between myocardial mechanical dispersion and ventricular arrhythmogenicity in chagas cardiomyopathy.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2021Article
- Long term follow-up of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease manifestations in mice treated with benznidazole or posaconazole.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- The Indeterminate Form of Chagas Disease.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2018Article
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Abstract
Physicians working in Europe and the United States should suspect Chagas heart failure in every patient coming from Latin America with chronic heart failure. Diagnosis should be confirmed by positive serology. Right bundle branch block and left anterior fascicular block on 12-lead electrocardiogram, enlarged cardiac silhouette with no pulmonary congestion on chest X-ray and left ventricular apical aneurysm on echocardiography are the distinctive features of this condition. The clinical course is poorer than that of non-Chagas heart failure; however, medical treatment is similar. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are useful in the primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy can be given to patients on optimal medical therapy and with lengthened QRS complex. Heart transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage Chagas heart failure.
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