Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants With Dilated Cardiomyopathy in New York City
Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants With Dilated Cardiomyopathy in New York City
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DOI：
10.1093/cid/cit199
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
Factor, Stephanie H.
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作者：
Kapelusznik, Luciano;Varela, Deborah;Factor, Stephanie H.
恰加斯病相关性心肌病在临床上与其他心肌病原因相似，因此，诊断很容易被忽视。我们在患有扩张型心肌病的纽约市移民样本中发现了13%的查加斯病患病率。
Chagas disease-associated cardiomyopathy is clinically similar to other causes of cardiomyopathy and, therefore, the diagnosis can be easily overlooked. We found a 13% point prevalence of Chagas disease in a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy.