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Acute Chagas' disease

DOI

44

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0

References

2005

Year

Carmen Fuenmayor, Maria de Lourdes Higuchi, Hugo Carrasco, Henry Parada, Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Sueli Palomino
Acta Cardiologica

Abstract

All patients with acute Chagas' disease show some degree of myocarditis that seems to be directly related to the presence of parasitic antigens. Both CD4 and CD8 T cells participate in this process. We are following these patients to see if patients with severe myocarditis and more parasite antigens in the acute phase will develop chronic heart failure.