Evaluation of Parasiticide Treatment with Benznidazol in the Electrocardiographic, Clinical, and Serological Evolution of Chagas Disease.

• Main Authors: Abilio Augusto Fragata-Filho (Author), Francisco Faustino França (Author), Claudia da Silva Fragata (Author), Angela Maria Lourenço (Author), Cristiane Castro Faccini (Author), Cristiane Aparecida de Jesus Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION:Chagas disease is one of the most important endemic parasitic diseases in Latin America. In its chronic phase, progression to cardiomyopathy has high morbidity and mortality. The persistence of a normal electrocardiogram (ECG) provides a similar prognosis to that of a non-diseased popul...