Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive and seronegative former blood donors.

• Main Authors: Antonio L Ribeiro (Author), Ester C Sabino (Author), Milena S Marcolino (Author), Vera M C Salemi (Author), Barbara M Ianni (Author), Fábio Fernandes (Author), Luciano Nastari (Author), André Antunes (Author), Márcia Menezes (Author), Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira (Author), Vandana Sachdev (Author), Danielle M Carrick (Author), Michael P Busch (Author), Eduard L Murphy (Author), NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Blood donor screening leads to large numbers of new diagnoses of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, with most donors in the asymptomatic chronic indeterminate form. Information on electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in infected blood donors is lacking and may help in counseling and recognizing tho...