A Case of Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Western Virginia: Worlds Away?

Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a significant cause of cardiac pathology worldwide. Though most frequently observed in Latin America, Chagas disease is present in the United States and should be considered in patients with heart block or other cardiac abnormalitie...

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Autores principales: Vattikonda, Kiriti, Peterson, Christopher J, Mulkey, Benjamin, Allen, Bradley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10438999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602121
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42158
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author Vattikonda, Kiriti
Peterson, Christopher J
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Allen, Bradley
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description Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a significant cause of cardiac pathology worldwide. Though most frequently observed in Latin America, Chagas disease is present in the United States and should be considered in patients with heart block or other cardiac abnormalities and previous travel to or residence in endemic areas. Here we describe a new diagnosis of Chagas cardiomyopathy in a patient residing in Virginia with a previous residence in Mexico.
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spelling pubmed-104389992023-08-20 A Case of Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Western Virginia: Worlds Away? Vattikonda, Kiriti Peterson, Christopher J Mulkey, Benjamin Allen, Bradley Cureus Cardiology Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a significant cause of cardiac pathology worldwide. Though most frequently observed in Latin America, Chagas disease is present in the United States and should be considered in patients with heart block or other cardiac abnormalities and previous travel to or residence in endemic areas. Here we describe a new diagnosis of Chagas cardiomyopathy in a patient residing in Virginia with a previous residence in Mexico. Cureus 2023-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10438999/ /pubmed/37602121 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42158 Text en Copyright © 2023, Vattikonda et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10438999/
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