Chagas' heart disease: clinical-pathological correlation

Marcos A Rossi; Simone G Ramos; Reynaldo B Bestetti

doi:10.2741/948

Chagas' heart disease: clinical-pathological correlation

Front Biosci. 2003 Jan 1:8:e94-109. doi: 10.2741/948.

Authors

Marcos A Rossi¹, Simone G Ramos, Reynaldo B Bestetti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, S.P., Brazil. marossi@fmrp.usp.br

PMID: 12456334
DOI: 10.2741/948

Abstract

This review provides an overview of the clinicopathological aspects of chronic Chagas' heart disease, and a comprehensive view of predictors of mortality for chagasic patients with Chagas' cardiopathy in an attempt to help physicians with the management of their patients.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / mortality
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / parasitology
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / pathology*
Humans
Trypanosoma cruzi / isolation & purification