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Chagas Cardiomyopathy—Where Do We Stand After a Hundred Years?
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The main clinical aspects of Chagas cardiomyopathy are reviewed and some upcoming challenges for the appropriate control, diagnosis, and management of this complex disease are underscored.About:
This article is published in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 127 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cardiomyopathy & Sudden death.read more
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Diagnosis and management of Chagas disease and cardiomyopathy.
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro,Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes,Mauro M. Teixeira,Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha +3 more
TL;DR: Clinical presentation varies widely according to the extent of myocardial damage, and manifests mainly as three basic syndromes that can coexist in an individual patient: heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and thromboembolism.
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Ten-Year Incidence of Chagas Cardiomyopathy Among Asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi–Seropositive Former Blood Donors
Ester Cerdeira Sabino,Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro,Vera Maria Cury Salemi,Claudio Di Lorenzo Oliveira,Andre Pires Antunes,Marciam M. Menezes,Barbara Maria Ianni,Luciano Nastari,Fábio Fernandes,Giuseppina M. Patavino,Vandana Sachdev,Ligia Capuani,Cesar de Almeida-Neto,Danielle M. Carrick,David J. Wright,Katherine Kavounis,Thelma T Gonçalez,Anna Bárbara F. Carneiro-Proietti,Brian Custer,Michael P. Busch,Edward L. Murphy +20 more
TL;DR: There is a substantial annual incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among initially asymptomatic T cruzi–seropositive blood donors, although disease was mild at diagnosis.
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Importance of Nonenteric Protozoan Infections in Immunocompromised People
Joel Barratt,Joel Barratt,JL Harkness,JL Harkness,Deborah Marriott,Deborah Marriott,John Ellis,Damien Stark,Damien Stark +8 more
TL;DR: Information on the diagnosis and treatment of nonenteric protozoal diseases in immunocompromised people, with a focus on patients infected with HIV is reviewed.
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Chagas Heart Disease: Report on Recent Developments
Fabiana S. Machado,Linda A. Jelicks,Louis V. Kirchhoff,Louis V. Kirchhoff,Jamshid Shirani,Fnu Nagajyothi,Shankar Mukherjee,Randin Nelson,Christina M. Coyle,David C. Spray,Antonio Carlos Carvalho,Antonio Carlos Carvalho,Fangxia Guan,Cibele M. Prado,Michael P. Lisanti,Louis M. Weiss,Susan P. Montgomery,Herbert B. Tanowitz +17 more
TL;DR: Clinical management of Chagas heart disease is similar to that used for cardiomyopathies caused by other processes, but antiparasitic treatment may not be appropriate for patients with advanced cardiac disease.
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Electrocardiographic abnormalities in elderly Chagas disease patients: 10-year follow-up of the Bambui Cohort Study of Aging.
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro,Milena Soriano Marcolino,Ronald J. Prineas,Maria Fernanda Lima‐Costa,Maria Fernanda Lima‐Costa,Maria Fernanda Lima‐Costa +5 more
TL;DR: ECG abnormalities are more common among elderly Chagas disease patients and strongly predict adverse outcomes and the risk of death increased with the number of major abnormalities in the same patient.
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ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure).
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Randomised trial of low-dose amiodarone in severe congestive heart failure
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of Chagas disease
TL;DR: The indeterminate clinical form of Chagas disease, despite its good prognosis on at least a medium-term basis (5-10 years), has acquired increasing importance due to the controversial meaning of the abnormality of some tests and the myocardial focal lesions found in many patients.
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Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States : A systematic review
Caryn Bern,Susan P. Montgomery,Barbara L. Herwaldt,Anis Rassi,José Antonio Marin-Neto,Roberto Oliveira Dantas,James H. Maguire,Harry Acquatella,Carlos A. Morillo,Louis V. Kirchhoff,Robert H. Gilman,Pedro A. Reyes,Roberto Salvatella,Anne C. Moore +13 more
TL;DR: Despite gaps in the evidence base, current knowledge is sufficient to make practical recommendations to guide appropriate evaluation, management, and etiologic treatment of Chagas disease.