Chagas disease (ChD) represents a significant health burden in endemic regions of Latin
America and is increasingly being recognized as a global health issue. The cardiac …

Background: Chagas Disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan
Trypanosoma cruzi, with some of the most serious manifestations affecting the …

Chagas disease is an emerging infectious disease in Europe and other non-endemic areas,
mainly owing to migration from endemic areas. We aimed at investigating the value of …

Background Chagas disease remains a major cause of cardiovascular death in endemic
areas. Focused echocardiography (FoCUS) is a point-of-care means of assessing cardiac …

Chagas disease constitutes a relatively prevalent condition in Latin America and is
increasing worldwide, with a wide spectrum of clinical subsets. Imaging modalities are …

Chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy is the most severe and frequent manifestation of Chagas
disease, and has a high social and economic burden. New imaging modalities, such as …

Objectives: To establish the usefulness of echocardiography for the clinical classification of
patients with Chagas disease and to determine the predictors of mortality and clinical …

Aim To determine whether cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is more sensitive
than electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram (ECHO) for detecting myocardial …

Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A
Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the …

Aims To develop a document by Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and
the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) to review and summarize the …