Inflammation Enhances the Risks of Stroke and Death in Chronic Chagas Disease Patients.

• Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes (Author), Cléber Mesquita de Andrade (Author), Daniela Ferreira Nunes (Author), Nathalie de Sena Pereira (Author), Tamyres Bernadete Dantas Queiroga (Author), George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho (Author), Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento (Author), Maria Adelaide Do- (Author), Antônia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara (Author), Egler Chiari (Author), Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ischemic strokes have been implicated as a cause of death in Chagas disease patients. Inflammation has been recognized as a key component in all ischemic processes, including the intravascular events triggered by vessel interruption, brain damage and repair. In this study, we evaluated the associati...