title: Relation between interstitial myocardial collagen and the degree of clinical impairment in Chagas' disease.
abstract: Cardiac performance is negatively associated with interstitial collagen in Chagas' cardiomyopathy. The magnitude of dysfunction is related to the degree of collagen, and this association seems to exhibit a threshold above it if definite cardiac deterioration occurs.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute and Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil. carvdebora@incor.usp.br
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mady
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ianni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Caldini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Saldiva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003094:Collagen; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen