Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and variants predispose to chagas disease cardiomyopathy
Hearts; 4 (4), 2023
Cardiomyopathies are major causes of heart failure. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is endemic in Central and South America. Thirty percent of cases evolve into chronic chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), which has worse prognosis as compared with other cardiomyopathies. ...