Effect of statins on inflammation and cardiac function in patients with chronic Chagas disease: A protocol for pathophysiological studies in a multicenter, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept phase II trial

• Carolina Campos-Estrada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

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• Edurne Urarte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil Occidente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Marisol Denegri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil Occidente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Litzi Villalón,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Servicio de Salud Viña del Mar-Quillota, Hospital Gustavo Fricke, Viña del Mar, Chile

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8693-7539

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• Fabiola González-Herrera,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Programa de Farmacología Molecular y Clínica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Ulrike Kemmerling ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmaya@med.uchile.cl (JDM); ukemmerling@uchile.cl (UK)

  Affiliation Programa de Biología Integrativa, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Juan D. Maya

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmaya@med.uchile.cl (JDM); ukemmerling@uchile.cl (UK)

  Affiliation Programa de Farmacología Molecular y Clínica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3934-6319

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