Reactivation of Chagas Disease After Cardiac Transplantation

Chagas Disease (CD) is endemic in some regions of the Americas, which according to WHO data, there are 6 to 7 million people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. Heart transplantation (HTX) is a therapeutic option in terminal heart failure cases associated with this disease. CD is characterized by an acute parasitemic fase, usually symptomatic (fever, hepatosplenomegaly, “chagoma”, myocarditis) followed by a stage of slow evolution, asymptomatic, maintaining positive serology. Some of these patients progress to Chagas cardiomyopathy.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research