Preferred Label : chagas cardiomyopathy;

MeSH definition : A disease of the CARDIAC MUSCLE developed subsequent to the initial protozoan infection by TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. After infection, less than 10% develop acute illness such as MYOCARDITIS (mostly in children). The disease then enters a latent phase without clinical symptoms until about 20 years later. Myocardial symptoms of advanced CHAGAS DISEASE include conduction defects (HEART BLOCK) and CARDIOMEGALY.;

MeSH synonym : cardiomyopathy, chagas'; trypanosomiasis, cardiovascular; cardiovascular trypanosomiasis; chagas' cardiomyopathy; cardiomyopathy, chagas;

MeSH hyponym : myocarditis, chagas;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagas cardiomyopathy;

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A disease of the CARDIAC MUSCLE developed subsequent to the initial protozoan infection by TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. After infection, less than 10% develop acute illness such as MYOCARDITIS (mostly in children). The disease then enters a latent phase without clinical symptoms until about 20 years later. Myocardial symptoms of advanced CHAGAS DISEASE include conduction defects (HEART BLOCK) and CARDIOMEGALY.

http://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD009077
2012
France
United Kingdom
French
french abstract
meta-analysis
heart failure
chagas cardiomyopathy
treatment outcome
carbazoles
propanolamines
Carvedilol

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