Chagas cardiomyopathy: an update of current clinical knowledge and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MCP Nunes, A Beaton, H Acquatella, C Bern… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

Chagas disease in the United States: a public health approach

C Bern, LA Messenger, JD Whitman… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, usually transmitted by
triatomine vectors. An estimated 20 to 30% of infected individuals develop potentially lethal …

[HTML][HTML] KDIGO clinical practice guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors

KL Lentine, BL Kasiske, AS Levey, PL Adams… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice
Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors is intended to assist medical …

The 2016 International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation listing criteria for heart transplantation: a 10-year update

MR Mehra, CE Canter, MM Hannan… - The Journal of Heart …, 2016 - jhltonline.org
In 2005, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Board of
Directors commissioned the development of the first International Listing Criteria for Heart …

EASL clinical practice guidelines: liver transplantation

European Association for The Study of the Liver - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
The first human orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) in Europe was performed by Sir Roy
Calne in Cambridge in 1968 [1], only one year after the first successful human liver …

Chagas' disease

C Bern - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
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Chagas disease

JA Pérez-Molina, I Molina - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis from the American continent that has spread from
its original boundaries through migration. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi …

Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' disease in the United States

C Bern, S Kjos, MJ Yabsley… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and causes
potentially life-threatening disease of the heart and gastrointestinal tract. The southern half …

Worldwide control and management of Chagas disease in a new era of globalization: a close look at congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection

A Abras, C Ballart, A Fernández-Arévalo… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Population movements have turned Chagas disease (CD) into a global public health
problem. Despite the successful implementation of subregional initiatives to control vectorial …

[HTML][HTML] Ten years of donor-derived disease: a report of the disease transmission advisory committee

DR Kaul, G Vece, E Blumberg, RM La Hoz… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite clinical and laboratory screening of potential donors for transmissible disease,
unexpected transmission of disease from donor to recipient remains an inherent risk of …