Chagas' heart disease: clinical-pathological correlation.
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.
Rossi
Marcos A
MA
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, S.P., Brazil. marossi@fmrp.usp.br
Ramos
Simone G
SG
Bestetti
Reynaldo B
RB
D000818:Animals; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification