International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 18/nov/2020;33(6):705-12.
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Chagas Disease and its Complications
Ariane Binoti Pacheco
, Rodrigo de Jesus Louzeiro Melo
, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte
Abstract
The well-known occurrence of Chagas disease in endemic areas has become a worldwide problem, and cardiac magnetic resonance allows the early detection of cardiac involvement and complications of this disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance is a useful tool in all phases of Chagas disease, and new promising techniques using T1 mapping and extracellular volume measurements are able to detect cardiac involvement even earlier than conventional techniques.
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