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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e7-e10
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume57
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013

Keywords

  • Chagas disease
  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • United States
  • cardiomyopathy

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