Chagas disease in latin american immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy in New York City

Luciano Kapelusznik; Deborah Varela; Susan P. Montgomery; Arti N. Shah; Francis J. Steurer; David Rubinstein; Daniel Caplivski; Sean P. Pinney; Dana Turker; Stephanie H. Factor

doi:10.1093/cid/cit199

Chagas disease in latin american immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy in New York City

Luciano Kapelusznik
, Deborah Varela
, Susan P. Montgomery
, Arti N. Shah
, Francis J. Steurer
, David Rubinstein
, Daniel Caplivski
, Sean P. Pinney
, Dana Turker
, Stephanie H. Factor

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Abstract

Chagas disease-associated cardiomyopathy is clinically similar to other causes of cardiomyopathy and, therefore, the diagnosis can be easily overlooked. We found a 13% point prevalence of Chagas disease in a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e7-e10
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	57
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit199
State	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
United States
cardiomyopathy

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