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  • Title: Chagas cardiomyopathy and ischemic stroke.
    Author: Carod-Artal FJ.
    Journal: Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther; 2006 Jan; 4(1):119-30. PubMed ID: 16375634.
    Abstract:
    American trypanosomiasis, known as Chagas disease is a major cause of cardiomyopathy in South America. Irreversible damage to the heart can appear 10-20 years after chagasic infection. The relationship between Chagas cardiomyopathy and ischemic stroke has been reviewed. Significant variables that predict ischemic stroke in chagasic patients have been identified: apical aneurysm, cardiac insufficiency, electrocardiogram arrhythmia and female gender. Chagasic cardiomyopathy should be included in the differential diagnosis of the etiology of stroke, being a potential source of cardioembolic stroke.
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