Early identification of patients with Chagas disease at risk of developing cardiomyopathy using 2-D speckle tracking strain

Early identification of patients with Chagas disease at risk of developing cardiomyopathy using 2-D speckle tracking strain

Background: Chagas disease is an endemic protozoan disease with high prevalence in Latin America. Of those infected, 20–30% will develop chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) however, prediction using existing clinical criteria remains poor. In this study, we investigated the utility of left ventricul...

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Main Authors: Sithu Win, Monica Miranda-Schaeubinger, Ronald Gustavo Durán Saucedo, Paula Carballo Jimenez, Jorge Flores, Brandon Mercado-Saavedra, Lola Camila Telleria, Anne Raafs, Manuela Verastegui, Caryn Bern, Freddy Tinajeros, Stephane Heymans, Rachel Marcus, Robert H. Gilman, Monica Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Chagas cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography
Strain imaging
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906722001099

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