Chagas Cardiomiopathy: The Potential of Diastolic Dysfunction and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Early Identification of Cardiac Damage

Ana Garcia-Alvarez; Marta Sitges; María-Jesús Pinazo; Ander Regueiro-Cueva; Elizabeth Posada; Silvia Poyatos; José Tomás Ortiz-Pérez; Magda Heras; Manel Azqueta; Joaquim Gascon; Ginés Sanz

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000826

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Chagas Cardiomiopathy: The Potential of Diastolic Dysfunction and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Early Identification of Cardiac Damage

Ana Garcia-Alvarez,

Affiliations Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Marta Sitges,

Affiliations Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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María-Jesús Pinazo,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ander Regueiro-Cueva,

Affiliation Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Elizabeth Posada,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Silvia Poyatos,

Affiliation Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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José Tomás Ortiz-Pérez,

Affiliation Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Magda Heras,

Affiliations Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Manel Azqueta,

Affiliations Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Joaquim Gascon,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ginés Sanz

* E-mail: gsanz@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Chagas Cardiomiopathy: The Potential of Diastolic Dysfunction and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Early Identification of Cardiac Damage

Ana Garcia-Alvarez,
Marta Sitges,
María-Jesús Pinazo,
Ander Regueiro-Cueva,
Elizabeth Posada,
Silvia Poyatos,
José Tomás Ortiz-Pérez,
Magda Heras,
Manel Azqueta,
Joaquim Gascon

Published: September 21, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000826

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