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Trial reportArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2025

Pilot randomized controlled trial of acetylsalicylic acid to reduce cerebral microembolism in Chagas heart failure.

Renan Carvalho Castello-Branco, Cárita Victoria Carvalho de Santana, Victor L P P Botelho, Paulo R S P deSousa, Maria C P Nunes, Karen L Furie, Jamary Oliveira-Filho

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Renan Carvalho Castello-BrancoUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6942-9521
Cárita Victoria Carvalho de SantanaUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4956-3862
Victor L P P BotelhoUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9375-0334
Paulo R S P deSousaUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1827-5523
Maria C P NunesUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Ambulatório de Insuficiência Cardíaca, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8801-1828
Karen L FurieBrown University, Neurology Service, Providence RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0065-3784
Jamary Oliveira-FilhoUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Professor Edgard Santos, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1915-0423

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease is an important cause of heart failure (HF) and stroke, affecting over 6 million people. High-intensity transient signals (HITS) are detected on transcranial Doppler (TCD) in patients with Chagas disease, but the effect of antithrombotic treatment on HITS is unknown.To evaluate whether acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) reduces the frequency and number of HITS in patients with Chagasic HF.Proof-of-principle pilot prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint (PROBE) clinical trial, in which patients with both Chagas and HITS were randomized 2:1 to ASA 300 mg for 7 days and standard HF treatment or standard HF treatment alone (control group). The primary outcome was the proportion of HITS after one week, analyzed using the Chi-squared test.A total of 373 patients with HF were evaluated, with HITS occurring in 22/190 (12%) Chagasic patients and in 16/183 (8%) non-Chagasic patients (

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AspirinChagas CardiomyopathyFibrinolytic AgentsHeart FailureIntracranial EmbolismAdultAgedChagas DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, Doppler, TranscranialAspirinFibrinolytic Agents

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PMID41145146
PMCPMC12558703

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