title: Chagas heart disease in professional athletes from endemic countries: A notorious case calls attention for its identification and stratification.
authors.affiliation: Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: hhorta@cardiol.br.
authors.forename: Henrique Horta
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Veloso
authors.affiliation: Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alejandro Marcel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hasslocher-Moreno
authors.affiliation: Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauro Felippe Felix
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mediano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012916:Soccer
keywords: Cardiac arrest; Chagas disease; Sport; Sudden cardiac death