Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of EKG and Echocardiogram in a Non-Endemic Country

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá; Fernando Salvador; José Rodríguez-Palomares; Elena Sulleiro; Augusto Sao-Avilés; Sílvia Roure; Lluís Valerio; Arturo Evangelista; Israel Molina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157597

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Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of EKG and Echocardiogram in a Non-Endemic Country

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá ,

* E-mail: adsanche@vhebron.net

Affiliation Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Disease Department. PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Fernando Salvador,

Affiliation Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Disease Department. PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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José Rodríguez-Palomares,

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Cardiac Imaging Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Elena Sulleiro,

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Augusto Sao-Avilés,

Affiliation Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Disease Department. PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Sílvia Roure,

Affiliation North Metropolitan International Health Unit, PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Lluís Valerio,

Affiliation North Metropolitan International Health Unit, PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Arturo Evangelista,

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Cardiac Imaging Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Israel Molina

Affiliation Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Disease Department. PROSICS (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of EKG and Echocardiogram in a Non-Endemic Country

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá,
Fernando Salvador,
José Rodríguez-Palomares,
Elena Sulleiro,
Augusto Sao-Avilés,
Sílvia Roure,
Lluís Valerio,
Arturo Evangelista,
Israel Molina

Published: June 16, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157597

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