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

Chagas heart disease (CHD) affects approximately 30% of patients chronically infected with
the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi. CHD is classified into four stages of increasing severity …

SciELO - Brazil - Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Pacientes com
Cardiomiopatia da Doença de Chagas – 2023 Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e Tratamento …

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

Background/methods Chagas disease is caused by an intracellular parasite, Trypanosoma
cruzi, and it is a leading cause of heart failure in Latin America. The main clinical …

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

Background Left atrial (LA) longitudinal strain (LS) using two-dimensional speckle-tracking
echocardiography has emerged as an important diagnostic and prognostic parameter in …

In accordance with the “Standards for the Elaboration of Guidelines, Positions and
Normations” sanctioned by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, this document was written to …

A DC (tripanossomíase americana) é entidade mórbida transmissível, potencialmente fatal,
causada pelo protozoário parasita T. cruzi e que integra o grupo de doenças tropicais …

Background Chagas heart disease has a high socioeconomic burden, and any strategy to
detect early myocardial damage is welcome. Speckle-tracking echocardiography assesses …