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Emerging and under-recognized Chagas cardiomyopathy in non-endemic countries

dc.contributor.authorCortez, J
dc.contributor.authorProvidência, R
dc.contributor.authorRamos, E
dc.contributor.authorValente, C
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, J
dc.contributor.authorMeruje, M
dc.contributor.authorLeitão-Marques, A
dc.contributor.authorVieira, A
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-09T14:27:09Z
dc.date.available2012-10-09T14:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractDue to recent population emigration movements, an epidemic of Chagas disease is currently menacing most developed countries. The authors report the case of a 53-year-old Brazilian woman living in Europe for the last 10 years who developed heart failure symptoms, having a previous symptomatic sinus node disease with a pacemaker implant at age of 40 years. The diagnosis was based on serology and myocardial biopsy and the patient was treated with nifurtimox. The authors emphasize the need of a high level of suspicion in patients with suggestive epidemiology and the need of populational screening of specific high risk groups. New treatment options are also discussed.por
dc.identifier.citationWorld J Cardiol. 2012 Jul 26;4(7):234-9.por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1449
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherBaishidengpor
dc.subjectDoença de Chagaspor
dc.titleEmerging and under-recognized Chagas cardiomyopathy in non-endemic countriespor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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