New Imaging Parameters to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death in Chagas Disease

Renata J. Moll-Bernardes; Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro; Gabriel Cordeiro Camargo; Fernanda Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes; Adriana S. X. Brito; Andrea Silvestre Sousa

doi:10.3390/tropicalmed5020074

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New Imaging Parameters to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death in Chagas Disease

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New Imaging Parameters to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death in Chagas Disease

Renata J. Moll-Bernardes, Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro, Gabriel Cordeiro Camargo, Fernanda Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes, Adriana S. X. Brito and Andrea Silvestre Sousa

Tropical medicine and infectious disease, Vol.5(2), p.74

05/08/2020

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020074

PMID: 32397217

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Abstract

Chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy is the most severe and frequent manifestation of Chagas disease, and has a high social and economic burden. New imaging modalities, such as strain echocardiography, nuclear medicine, computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, may detect the presence of myocardial fibrosis, inflammation or sympathetic denervation, three conditions associated with risk of sudden death, providing additional diagnostic and/or prognostic information. Unfortunately, despite its high mortality, there is no clear recommendation for early cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in patients with Chagas heart disease in the current guidelines. Ideally, the risk of sudden cardiac death may be evaluated in earlier stages of the disease using new image methods to allow the implementation of primary preventive strategies.

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Title: Subtitle: New Imaging Parameters to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death in Chagas Disease
Creators: Renata J. Moll-Bernardes - D’Or Institute for Research and Education
Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro - D’Or Institute for Research and Education
Gabriel Cordeiro Camargo - D’Or Institute for Research and Education
Fernanda Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Adriana S. X. Brito - DOr Inst Res & Educ IDOR, BR-22281100 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Andrea Silvestre Sousa - DOr Inst Res & Educ IDOR, BR-22281100 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Tropical medicine and infectious disease, Vol.5(2), p.74
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020074
PMID: 32397217
NLM abbreviation: Trop Med Infect Dis
ISSN: 2414-6366
eISSN: 2414-6366
Publisher: Mdpi
Number of pages: 12
Language: English
Date published: 05/08/2020
Academic Unit: Radiology
Record Identifier: 9985143125302771

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