Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of EKG and Echocardiogram in a Non-Endemic Country.

BACKGROUND:Chagas disease (CD) is a major cause of cardiomyopathy in Latin America, and migration movements have now spread the disease worldwide. However, data regarding Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC) and the usefulness of echocardiography in non endemic countries are still scarce. METHODS AND RESULTS:...

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Main Authors: Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Fernando Salvador, José Rodríguez-Palomares, Elena Sulleiro, Augusto Sao-Avilés, Sílvia Roure, Lluís Valerio, Arturo Evangelista, Israel Molina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4911085?pdf=render