Heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy

Chagas disease is an endemic disease in Latin America that is increasingly found in non-endemic areas all over the world due to the flow of migrants from Central and South America. We present the case of a Brazilian immigrant in Portugal who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation for end-stage C...

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Main Authors: Ana Rita Ramalho, David Prieto, Fátima Franco, Manuel J. Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420491730329X