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Romero-Farina G, Aguadé-Bruix S. Current vision of a disease with high mortality that is progressively dispersing throughout the world: Chagasic heart disease. J Nucl Cardiol 2023; 30:2389-2399. [PMID: 37280386 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-023-03301-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The sympathetic denervation studies and the studies of microvascular involvement are the most important tools for early detection of Chagas heart disease. Especially the 123I-123I-MIBGSPECT or 11C-meta-hydroxyephedrine-PET studies since everything starts from sympathetic denervation. Also it is advisable to insist on the assessment of other parameters of early involvement of left ventricular systolic function to understand the importance of the additional information provided by the analysis of the parameters of ventricular remodeling, synchrony, and GLS in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction and in the absence of ventricular dilatation for early detection of myocardial dysfunction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guillermo Romero-Farina
- Nuclear Cardiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Centro de investigación biomédica en red: enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain.
- Grup d'imatge mèdica molecular (GRIMM), Barcelona, Spain.
- Cardiology Department, Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf (CSAPG), Barcelona, Spain.
- Cardiology Department, Valld'Hebron University Hospital, Valld'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Nuclear Medicine Department and Cardiology Department, Hospital, UniversitariValld'Hebron, Paseo Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Nuclear Cardiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de investigación biomédica en red: enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain
- Grup d'imatge mèdica molecular (GRIMM), Barcelona, Spain
- Nuclear Medicine Department and Cardiology Department, Hospital, UniversitariValld'Hebron, Paseo Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain
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Radionuclide Imaging in Chagas Cardiomyopathy. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12410-019-9482-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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