UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Art Reingold
DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2016
REGION: Brazil, Latin America
REFERENCE: Cardoso C, Sabino E, Oliveira C, et al. PM200 Cohort Profile: Longitudinal Study of Patients With Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Brazil: (Sami-Trop Project). Global Heart. 2016;11(2). doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2016.03.361.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The most important consequence of Chagas Disease (ChD) is Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy (CCC), which occurs in 20 to 40% of infected persons. It is a potentially lethal condition, but the severity of the disease varies widely and accurate stratification of the risk of disease progression and death remains an unsolved challenge.
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