Chagas asintomático. Hallazgos electrocardiográficos y ecocardiográficos. / [Asymptomatic Chagas disease. Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings]
Medicina [B Aires]
; 61(5 Pt 1): 541-4, 2001.
Article
in Spanish
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-39416
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ABSTRACT
A total of 70 blood-donor volunteers were studied to determine the utility of the echocardiogram and Doppler in the diagnosis of cardiopathies in asymptomatic patients with Chagas disease. These patients came from endemic areas and had humoral positive reactions for South American Trypanosomiasis. They were checked against a control group of blood-donors with no environmental antecedents and with negative reactions. Both groups were similar in age and sex. The chagasic group showed an abnormal electrocardiogram in twelve cases (17.4
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Collection:
National databases
/
Argentina
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
/
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
/
Chagas Disease
/
Neglected Diseases
Database:
BINACIS
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina [B Aires]
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article