Results: 11

Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: characterization of cases and possibilities of action in primary healthcare

Despite the drastic decrease in the incidence of Chagas disease in Brazil, past cases still greatly impact health services in the country. Thus, this study aimed to characterize Chagas disease cases regarding their cardiac staging and death prognosis and, based on that, to propose primary healthcare (PHC...

Cardiomiopatia Chagásica Na Amazônia Brasileira: Baixa Prevalência Ou Subdiagnóstico?

Arq. bras. cardiol; 117 (4), 2021

Prevalence of Chagas heart disease in dilated cardiomyopathy

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 91 (1), 2021
Abstract Objectives: The main objective is to determine the prevalence of American trypanosomiasis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy in a tertiary hospital in western Mexico. Methods: From January 1991 to February 2016, 387 consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy...

Prevalence and determinants of depressive symptoms in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy and predominantly preserved cardiac function

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChC) is highly stigmatized, and the presence of depressive symptoms may be a common feature. However, its determinants remain unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed to verify the prevalence of depression and the clinical, echocardiographic, functional,...

Estudio histopatológico de tejido cardiaco de roedores infectados con Trypanosoma cruzi capturados en barrios suburbanos de Mérida, México

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (supl.2), 2019
Resumen Introducción. Trypanosoma cruzi es el agente causal de la tripanosomiasis americana, enfermedad endémica en México. Los roedores Mus musculus y Rattus rattus son reservorios del parásito, el cual invade las fibras cardiacas y desarrolla nidos parasitarios produciendo diversas lesiones. Los e...

Pacemaker Implants in Children and Adolescents with Chagas Disease in Brazil: 18-Year Incidence

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (6), 2017
Abstract Background: Chagas disease continues to be a serious public health problem, and accounts for 25-30% of the indications for cardiac stimulation in Brazil. Objective: To assess clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with Chagas disease, younger than 18 years, who had undergone ...

Enfermedad de Chagas. Amenaza en sombras para los corazones de la América Latina
Chagas disease. A threat unknown for the hearts of Latin Americ

Rev. cuba. med; 56 (1), 2017
Introducción: la enfermedad de Chagas es de etiología parasitaria generalmente crónica. Es una de las enfermedades más desatendidas del mundo. Constituye un problema de salud, social y económico en muchos países latinoamericanos. Objetivo: se revisaron 35 bibliografías con el objetivo de describir...

Decompensated chagasic heart failure versus non-chagasic heart failure at a tertiary care hospital: Clinical characteristics and outcomes

Summary Objective: To evaluate clinical and epidemiological characteristics and clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (DHF), with a comparison between Chagas and non-Chagas disease. Method: This is a retrospective cohort study involving 136 patients consecutively a...

Aspectos epidemiológicos de la enfermedad de Chagas-Mazza en la República Argentina

Resume aspectos epidemiológicos de la enfermedad de Chagas en la Argentina, refiriendo la metodología y reultados de investigaciones serológicas, electrocardiográficas y entomológicas realizadas, en 1964 y 1967, en las provincias de Cordoba y Santiago del Estero, sobre ciudadanos convocados a cumpli...