Chagas cardiomyopathy in the context of the chronic disease transition.

• Main Authors: Alicia I Hidron (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Juan Justiniano (Author), Anna J Blackstock (Author), Carlos Lafuente (Author), Walter Selum (Author), Martiza Calderon (Author), Manuela Verastegui (Author), Lisbeth Ferrufino (Author), Eduardo Valencia (Author), Jeffrey A Tornheim (Author), Seth O'Neal (Author), Robert Comer (Author), Gerson Galdos-Cardenas (Author), Caryn Bern (Author), Chagas Disease Working Group in Peru and Bolivia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with Chagas disease have migrated to cities, where obesity, hypertension and other cardiac risk factors are common.The study included adult patients evaluated by the cardiology service in a public hospital in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Data included risk factors for T. cruzi infection, medical hi...