Regional myocardial sympathetic denervation precedes the development of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy

[1] Hotez PJ(2007)Control of neglected tropical diseases N Engl J Med 357 1018-1027

[2] Molyneux DH(2009)An estimate of the burden of Chagas disease in the United States Clin Infect Dis 49 e52-e54

[3] Fenwick A(2010)Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countries Acta Trop 115 22-27

[4] Kumaresan J(1968)Chagas' disease and Chagas' syndromes: the pathology of American trypanosomiasis Adv Parasitol 6 63-116

[5] Sachs SE(1996)Trypanosoma cruzi strains and autonomic nervous system pathology in experimental Chagas disease Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 91 217-224

[6] Sachs JD(1998)Heart autonomic innervation during the acute phase of experimental American trypanosomiasis in the dog Am J Trop Med Hyg 59 492-496

[7] Bern C(2000)Relation of regional sympathetic denervation and myocardial perfusion disturbance to wall motion impairment in Chagas' cardiomyopathy Am J Cardiol 86 975-981

[8] Montgomery SP(2011)Sustained ventricular tachycardia is associated with regional myocardial sympathetic denervation assessed with 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy J Nucl Med 52 504-510

[9] Gascon J(2018)The severity of ventricular arrhythmia correlates with the extent of myocardial sympathetic denervation, but not with myocardial fibrosis extent in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: Chagas disease, denervation and arrhythmia J Nucl Cardiol 25 75-83

[10] Bern C(2006)Minor segmental wall motion abnormalities detected in patients with Chagas' disease have adverse prognostic implications Braz J Med Biol Res 39 483-487

[1] Hotez PJ(2007)Control of neglected tropical diseases N Engl J Med 357 1018-1027

[2] Molyneux DH(2009)An estimate of the burden of Chagas disease in the United States Clin Infect Dis 49 e52-e54

[3] Fenwick A(2010)Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countries Acta Trop 115 22-27

[4] Kumaresan J(1968)Chagas' disease and Chagas' syndromes: the pathology of American trypanosomiasis Adv Parasitol 6 63-116

[5] Sachs SE(1996)Trypanosoma cruzi strains and autonomic nervous system pathology in experimental Chagas disease Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 91 217-224

[6] Sachs JD(1998)Heart autonomic innervation during the acute phase of experimental American trypanosomiasis in the dog Am J Trop Med Hyg 59 492-496

[7] Bern C(2000)Relation of regional sympathetic denervation and myocardial perfusion disturbance to wall motion impairment in Chagas' cardiomyopathy Am J Cardiol 86 975-981

[8] Montgomery SP(2011)Sustained ventricular tachycardia is associated with regional myocardial sympathetic denervation assessed with 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy J Nucl Med 52 504-510

[9] Gascon J(2018)The severity of ventricular arrhythmia correlates with the extent of myocardial sympathetic denervation, but not with myocardial fibrosis extent in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: Chagas disease, denervation and arrhythmia J Nucl Cardiol 25 75-83

[10] Bern C(2006)Minor segmental wall motion abnormalities detected in patients with Chagas' disease have adverse prognostic implications Braz J Med Biol Res 39 483-487