Chagas disease is the underlying etiology for 13% to 19% of Latin America-born patients with newly diagnosed nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the United States.
Highlights the importance of considering Chagas disease as an etiology for nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Latin America-born patients and the utility of multimodality imaging in children.
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Chagas disease is typically acquired during childhood but evolves into chronic cardiomyopathy over decades in 30% to 40% of infected individuals. Among Latin America–born patients with newly diagnosed nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the United States, 13% to 19% have Chagas disease as the underlying etiology.
Hede et al. (Mon,) reported a other. Chagas disease is the underlying etiology for 13% to 19% of Latin America-born patients with newly diagnosed nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the United States.