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Abstract
A disease of the CARDIAC MUSCLE developed subsequent to the initial protozoan infection by TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. After infection, less than 10% develop acute illness such as MYOCARDITIS (mostly in children). The disease then enters a latent phase without clinical symptoms until about 20 years later. Myocardial symptoms of advanced CHAGAS DISEASE include conduction defects (HEART BLOCK) and CARDIOMEGALY.
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- Cardiomyopathy, Chagas
- Chagas' Cardiomyopathy
- Trypanosomiasis, Cardiovascular
- Cardiomyopathy, Chagas'
- Cardiovascular Trypanosomiasis
- Myocarditis, Chagas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Heart Diseases (1966-1980)
- Trypanosomiasis, South American (1966-1980)
- specific heart disease (1966-1980)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chagas Cardiomyopathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002598. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002598
- Chagas Cardiomyopathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18967247