Author | Mazzoli-Rocha, Flavia | |
Author | Mendes, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha | |
Author | Silva, Paula Simplicio | |
Author | Silva, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio | |
Author | Mediano, Mauro Felippe Felix | |
Author | Sousa, Andréa Silvestre de | |
Access date | 2020-11-14T19:50:38Z | |
Available date | 2020-11-14T19:50:38Z | |
Document date | 2020 | |
Citation | 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. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0037-8682 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/44425 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Scielo | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Comprehensive care for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy during the coronavirus disease pandemic | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0353-2020 | |
Abstract | 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. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Pandemic | pt_BR |
Subject | Coronavirus | pt_BR |