Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease

A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC) and the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC-SBC)

Authors

  • Harry Acquatella Centro Médico de Caracas, San Bernardino, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Federico M. Asch Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Marcia M Barbosa Socor Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Marcio Barros Facultade de Saude e Ecologia Humana, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
  • Joao L Cavalcante Univertisy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Luis Eduardo Echeverria Correa Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia
  • Joao Lima John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Rachel Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • José Antonio Marin-Neto Interventional Cardiology Unit, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Ricardo Migliore Hospital Eva Perón, San Martín, Argentina
  • José Milei Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Carlos A Morillo McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira Heart Institute, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Rodolfo Viotti Hospital Eva Perón, San Martin, Argentina
  • Aldo Prado
  • Juan Ignacio Cotella

Keywords:

Chagas, Cardiomyopathy, Left ventricular aneurysm, Heart failure, Echocardiography, Cardiac magnetic resonance

Abstract

In addition to the collaborating societies listed in the title, this document is endorsed by the following American Society of Echocardiography International Alliance Partners: the Argentinian Federation of Cardiology, the Argentinian Society of Cardiology, the British Society of Echocardiography, the Chinese Society of Echocardiography, the Echocardiography Section of the Cuban Society of Cardiology, the Echocardiography Section of the Venezuelan Society of Cardiology, the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists, the Iranian Society of Echocardiography, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography, the Mexican Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging, and the Saudi Arabian Society of Echocardiography.

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Published

2021-07-29

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2018): Journal of the Argentinian Federation of Cardiology

Section

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Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC) and the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC-SBC). Rev. Fed. Arg. Cardiol. [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 29 [cited 2024 May 20];47(1):51-76. Available from: https://revistafac.org.ar/ojs/index.php/revistafac/article/view/231