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Descriptor English: Chagas Cardiomyopathy
Descriptor Spanish: Cardiomiopatía Chagásica
Descriptor miocardiopatía chagásica
Entry term(s) cardiomiopatía chagásica
miocarditis chagásica
tripanosomiasis cardiovascular
Scope note: Enfermedad del MIOCARDIO que se produce después de la infección protozoaria inicial por TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. Después de la infección, menos del 10 por ciento de los pacientes sufren una enfermedad aguda como MIOCARDITIS (sobre todo en niños). La enfermedad entra luego en una fase latente, sin síntomas clínicos, hasta aproximadamaente 20 años después. Los síntomas miocárdicos de la ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS avanzada incluyen defectos de la conducción (BLOQUEO CARDÍACO) y CARDIOMEGALIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
Descriptor French: Cardiomyopathie associée à la maladie de Chagas
Entry term(s): Cardiomyopathy, Chagas
Cardiomyopathy, Chagas'
Cardiovascular Trypanosomiasis
Chagas' Cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis, Chagas
Trypanosomiasis, Cardiovascular
Tree number(s): C01.610.752.300.900.200.190
C01.920.625.190
C14.280.238.190
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002598
Scope note: A disease of the CARDIAC MUSCLE developed subsequent to the initial protozoan infection by TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. After infection, less than 10% develop acute illness such as MYOCARDITIS (mostly in children). The disease then enters a latent phase without clinical symptoms until about 20 years later. Myocardial symptoms of advanced CHAGAS DISEASE include conduction defects (HEART BLOCK) and CARDIOMEGALY.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Heart Diseases (1966-1980)
Trypanosomiasis, South American (1966-1980)
specific heart disease (1966-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
DeCS ID: 2641
Unique ID: D002598
NLM Classification: WC 705
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Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/04/02
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Chagas Cardiomyopathy - Preferred
Concept UI M0003982
Scope note A disease of the CARDIAC MUSCLE developed subsequent to the initial protozoan infection by TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. After infection, less than 10% develop acute illness such as MYOCARDITIS (mostly in children). The disease then enters a latent phase without clinical symptoms until about 20 years later. Myocardial symptoms of advanced CHAGAS DISEASE include conduction defects (HEART BLOCK) and CARDIOMEGALY.
Preferred term Chagas Cardiomyopathy
Entry term(s) Cardiomyopathy, Chagas
Cardiomyopathy, Chagas'
Cardiovascular Trypanosomiasis
Chagas' Cardiomyopathy
Trypanosomiasis, Cardiovascular
Myocarditis, Chagas - Narrower
Concept UI M0453122
Preferred term Myocarditis, Chagas



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