WHF Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in Chagas Disease

• Main Authors: Kate Ralston (Author), Ezequiel Zaidel (Author), Harry Acquatella (Author), Marcia Melo Barbosa (Author), Jagat Narula (Author), Yu Nakagama (Author), Gustavo Restrepo Molina (Author), Karen Sliwa (Author), Jose Luis Zamorano (Author), Fausto J. Pinto (Author), Daniel Jose Piñeiro (Author), Mariana Corneli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chagas disease (ChD) represents a significant health burden in endemic regions of Latin America and is increasingly being recognized as a global health issue. The cardiac involvement in ChD, known as Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChCM), is the most severe manifestation and a leading cause of heart failure...