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Comprehensive care for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy during the coronavirus disease pandemic

2020; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 53; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0037-8682-0353-2020

1678-9849

Flavia Mazzoli‐Rocha, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes, Paula Simplício da Silva, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease according to the World Health Organization. The most common clinical complication of Chagas disease is Chagas cardiomyopathy, that represents the main cause of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in Latin America, affecting 20% to 40% of infected people. The chronic form, with a slow and persistent course, results from the destruction of the myocardial fibers, caused by a chronic inflammatory process. It is associated with intense reparative fibrosis and progressive ventricular remodeling and manifests as heart failure and/or arrhythmic and thromboembolic syndrome.