Tratamiento quirúrgico de la miocardiopatía chagásica

• Bravo, Ernesto ; Chaud, Germán J. ^[1] ; Moll, Fernando ; Aguilar, Edgar ; Yunes, Víctor ; Manfredi, Carlos
  1. [1] Cirugía Cardiovascular Santiago del Estero
• Localización: Revista Argentina de Cardiología (RAC), ISSN-e 1850-3748, ISSN 0034-7000, Vol. 87, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 157-158
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Surgical treatment of chagasic cardiomyopathy
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  • In Latin America there are more than 6 million people infected with trypanosoma cruzi and about 400,000 immigrants are in Europe and the United States with this disease. Chagasic cardiomyopathy presents with SMVT in 30% of cases with preserved ejection fraction and ventricular aneurysm in 40-60%, which leads to a high risk of embolic events. Surgical treatment when certain conditions are met shows a safe and effective therapy in order to avoid complications in this group of patients.