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Cardiac imaging in Chagas cardiomyopathy for phenotypic characterisation and risk stratification.
Heart failure reviews - 8 Jun 2026
Johnson Anisha, Katraj Sai Vamshi Krishna, Pooranachandran Vivetha
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Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, remains one of the leading infectious causes of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy worldwide. Although an estimated 6-7 million individuals are chronically infected, 20-30% will develop Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCM), a progressive myocardial disease characterised by conduction abnormalities, ventricular arrhythmias, focal aneurysm formation, diffuse fibrosis, and heart failure....
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