Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzy, this is a highly frequent disease in rural areas of Latin America, it is characterized by presenting two phases, an acute one which is often asymptomatic and with low mortality which is mostly conferred to acute myocarditis due to Chagas, and a chronic phase which consists of three presentations, one indeterminate, one digestive and one cardiac, the latter being the most serious and the cause of greater complications and higher mortality in patients that occur with this, it should be noted that the alterations presented at the cardiac level that affect the heart in its structural, autonomic, functional and electrical conduction aspects, which require specialized treatment and diagnostic aids to determine characteristic myocardial involvement, degree of involvement and patient prognosis due to Chagas disease.
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Trypanosoma species research and implications
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FuenteWorld Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews