SUMMARY Introduction: chronic Chagas heart disease (CCHD) is the most common manifestation of American Trypanosomiasis, causing about 50,000 deaths annually. Several factors bear correlation with the severity of CCHD. However, to our knowledge, the assessment on the contribution of major cardiovascular ...
ABSTRACT Heart transplantation is currently the definitive gold standard surgical approach in the treatment of refractory heart failure. However, the shortage of donors limits the achievement of a greater number of heart transplants, in which the use of mechanical circulatory support devices is increasin...
La enfermedad de Chagas, endémica en Argentina, transcurre en dos fases: aguda y crónica. En los pacientes seropositivos al VIH, el Trypanosoma cruzi afecta a aquellos con inmunodeficiencia severa, se localiza principalmente en el sistema nervioso central y menos frecuentemente en el miocardio. La dist...
We report a case of a 41-year-old woman with chagasic cardiomyopa-thy who was submitted to ventricular septal catheter ablation. After the procedure she evolved with new-onset thunderclap headaches followed by migraine-type headaches. Cerebral angiography revealed bilateral segmental stenosis of the midd...
Objetivo: Avaliar eficácia e tolerância do uso empírico de amiodarona, a longo prazo, em portadores d e Miocardiopatia Chagásica Crônica (MCC) e Taquicardia Ventricular Sustentada (TVS). Casuística e Métodos: Trinta e cinco portadores de MCC e TVS, 18 (51% ) dos quais, refratários a outras drogas...
Se estudiaron 66 pacientes con B.C.R.D. y H.B.A.I. internados en un Servicio de Clínica Médica en un período de 5 años, analizándose su edad, sexo, epidemiología y serología para Chagas, análisis clínicos, sintomatología clínica, asociaciones electrocardiográficas, teleRx. de tórax y tondo d...
