Article
Comprehensive care for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy during the coronavirus disease pandemic
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MAZZOLI-ROCHA, Flavia et al. Comprehensive care for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy during the coronavirus disease pandemic. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 53, p. 1-2, 2020.
0037-8682
10.1590/0037-8682-0353-2020
Autor
Mazzoli-Rocha, Flavia
Mendes, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha
Silva, Paula Simplicio
Silva, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio
Mediano, Mauro Felippe Felix
Sousa, Andréa Silvestre de
Resumen
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.