Development of Chagas cardiac manifestations among texas blood donors

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-117

  Garcia, Melissa N ^a   Murray, Kristy O ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^a   Rossmann, Susan N ^b   Gorchakov, Rodion ^a   Ontiveros, Alejandra ^a   Woc Colburn, Laila ^a   Bottazzi, Maria Elena ^a   Rhodes, Charles E ^a   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a   Aguilar, David ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915758745     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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