Risk of Chronic Cardiomyopathy Among Patients With the Acute Phase or Indeterminate Form of Chagas Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Chagas cardiomyopathy is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Precise estimates of the risk of developing cardiomyopathy among patients with the acute or indeterminate chronic forms of Chagas disease are lacking.

Objective

To estimate the risk of developing chronic cardiomyopathy in patients with acute and indeterminate chronic forms of Chagas disease.

Data sources

A systematic search in the Cochrane Library, Embase, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Medline, and Web of Science Core Collection databases was conducted from October 8 to October 24, 2018. Studies published between January 1, 1946, and October 24, 2018, that were written in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages were included. Search terms

SUBMITTER: Chadalawada S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489816 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature