Accuracy and reliability of focused echocardiography in patients with Chagas disease from endemic areas: SaMi-Trop cohort study

<h4>Background</h4> Chagas disease remains a major cause of cardiovascular death in endemic areas. Focused echocardiography (FoCUS) is a point-of-care means of assessing cardiac function which can be useful for the diagnosis of cardiac involvement. <h4>Objective</h4> This stu...

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Main Authors: Isabella Morais Martins Barros, Marcio Vinicius L. Barros, Larissa Natany Almeida Martins, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Raul Silva Simões de Camargo, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Lea Campos de Oliveira, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Desireé Sant´Ana Haikal, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Clareci S. Cardoso, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568132/?tool=EBI