Why the study?
Chagas disease has expanded from endemic areas to become a worldwide problem, requiring early detection of cardiac involvement and complications.
Does cardiac magnetic resonance improve the detection of cardiac involvement and risk stratification in patients with Chagas disease?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance improve the detection of cardiac involvement and risk stratification in patients with Chagas disease?
Cardiac magnetic resonance is a valuable non-invasive tool for the early detection of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis, and for risk stratification in patients across all phases of Chagas disease.
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May support earlier Chagas detection by CMR; leaves open prospective validation for risk stratification.
The well-known occurrence of Chagas disease in endemic areas has become a worldwide problem, and cardiac magnetic resonance allows the early detection of cardiac involvement and complications of this disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance is a useful tool in all phases of Chagas disease, and new promising techniques using T1 mapping and extracellular volume measurements are able to detect cardiac involvement even earlier than conventional techniques. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Chagas Disease and its Complications
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Pacheco et al. (2020) studied this question.
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