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Heart transplant outcomes in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy in the United States

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Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC) is one of the chronic manifestations of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection and is among the leading reasons for heart transplantation (HT) in Latin America. Chagas disease… Click to show full abstract

Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC) is one of the chronic manifestations of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection and is among the leading reasons for heart transplantation (HT) in Latin America. Chagas disease is also present in areas with large Hispanic communities in the United States. Our objective is to evaluate the outcomes of cardiac allograft recipients with the diagnosis of CC in the United States.

Keywords: outcomes patients; heart transplant; united states; chagas cardiomyopathy; transplant outcomes

Journal Title: Clinical Transplantation
Year Published: 2018

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