Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

The aim of this updated guideline is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based
recommendations on the prevention of future stroke among survivors of ischemic stroke or …

Background Chagas disease (CD) has been associated with an elevated risk of stroke, but
current data are conflicting and prospective controlled studies are lacking. We performed a …

Abstract Background Patients with Chagas disease are at increased risk for stroke that may
result in major clinical disability and death. Identification of risk factors involved in the …

Chagas disease is an important public health problem in Latin America. However, migration
and globalisation have resulted in the increased presence of Chagas disease worldwide …

Introducción: la tripanosomiasis americana o enfermedad de Chagas es una de las
parasitosis transmitidas por insectos hematófagos de mayor importancia epidemiológica en …

ECG Findings in Chagas' Disease Background/Objectives Chagas' disease (CD) has been
associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) and electrocardiographic (ECG) conduction defects …

There are currently no biomarkers to assess which patients with chronic indeterminate
Chagas disease will develop heart disease and which will spend their entire life in this state …

Abstract Background Although Chagas cardiomyopathy is related to thromboembolic stroke,
data on risk factors for cerebrovascular events in Chagas disease is limited. Thus, we …

Chagas disease is an important infection in Latin America but it is also reported in non-
endemic countries all over the world. Around 30% of infected patients develop chronic …