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A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Lúcio Moreira Fontenele, Nayara Ribeiro Máximo de Almeida, Breno Rennan de Souza Carvalho, Egidio Bezerra da Silva Neto, Brenda dos Santos Teixeira, [...]
Lúcio Moreira Fontenele, Nayara Ribeiro Máximo de Almeida, Breno Rennan de Souza Carvalho, Egidio Bezerra da Silva Neto, Brenda dos Santos Teixeira, [...]
Cardiac involvement in Chagas Disease (CD) represents the most severe form of the disease, occurring in 30 to 40% of infected patients. Patients with heart failure of chagasic origin are often refractory to drug treatment, requiring assessment of the need for heart transplantation (CT). After carrying out the CT, it is necessary patient’s immunosuppression to ensure a greater chance of graft acceptance and vitality, on the other hand, immunosuppression is a contributing factor to CD relapse, which could directly compromise […]
Keywords: Chagas Disease; Heart Transplantation; Immunosuppresion