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ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

The Spectrum of Cardiovascular Complications of Chagas Heart Disease.

Juan Felipe Vasquez-Rodriguez, Carolina P Idrovo-Turbay, Angela M Torres Bustamante, Ramon Medina-Mur

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Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Juan Felipe Vasquez-RodriguezNon-Invasive Cardiology-Echocardiography Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Fundacion Cardioinfantil-LaCardio, Bogota DC, Colombia. Electronic address: jvasquez@lacardio.org.
Carolina P Idrovo-TurbayARSAS Specialized Medical Services, Bogota DC, Colombia.
Angela M Torres BustamanteDepartment of Cardiology, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia.
Ramon Medina-MurDepartment of Cardiology, Fundacion Cardioinfantil-LaCardio, Bogota DC, Colombia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is endemic to Latin America. Approximately 20% of those infected develop Chagas heart disease, a chronic phase characterized by ventricular remodeling, aneurysm formation from inflammatory and ischemic processes (with or without thrombi), conduction disturbances, arrhythmias, and mitral valve alterations due to ventricular remodeling. Typically, these complications vary among patients. This paper presents an unusual case where most cardiovascular complications associated with Chagas heart disease are present, making it an illustrative example of the disease's spectrum.

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Chagas heart diseaseheart failureleft ventricle aneurysmleft ventricle apical thrombus

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PMID40118625
PMCPMC12011173

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