Altered Hypercoagulability Factors in Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease: Potential Biomarkers of Therapeutic Response.

• Main Authors: Maria-Jesus Pinazo (Author), Elizabeth de Jesus Posada (Author), Luis Izquierdo (Author), Dolors Tassies (Author), Alexandre-Ferreira Marques (Author), Elisa de Lazzari (Author), Edelweiss Aldasoro (Author), Jose Muñoz (Author), Alba Abras (Author), Silvia Tebar (Author), Montserrat Gallego (Author), Igor Correia de Almeida (Author), Joan-Carles Reverter (Author), Joaquim Gascon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thromboembolic events were described in patients with Chagas disease without cardiomyopathy. We aim to confirm if there is a hypercoagulable state in these patients and to determine if there is an early normalization of hemostasis factors after antiparasitic treatment. Ninety-nine individuals from C...