title: Chagas' heart disease: clinical-pathological correlation.
abstract: This review provides an overview of the clinicopathological aspects of chronic Chagas' heart disease, and a comprehensive view of predictors of mortality for chagasic patients with Chagas' cardiopathy in an attempt to help physicians with the management of their patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, S.P., Brazil. marossi@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Marcos A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Simone G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Reynaldo B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Bestetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification