Biomarkers and Mortality in Severe Chagas Cardiomyopathy

201538 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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Jacqueline E. Sherbuk · Yale New Haven Hospital

Emi Okamoto · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Morgan A. Marks · United States Military Academy

Enzo Fortuny · Universidad Cristiana de Bolivia

Eva H. Clark · Baylor College of Medicine

Gerson Galdos‐Cardenas · Universidad Cristiana de Bolivia

Angel Vasquez-Villar

Abstract

Severe Chagas cardiomyopathy is associated with high short-term mortality. BNP, NT-proBNP, CK-MB, and MMP-2 have added predictive value for mortality, even in the presence of decreased ejection fraction and other clinical signs of congestive heart failure.

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Published in: Global Heart

Volume 10, Issue 3, pp. 173-173

DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2015.07.003

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