Accuracy and reliability of focused echocardiography in patients with Chagas disease from endemic areas: SaMi-Trop cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chagas disease remains a major cause of cardiovascular death in endemic areas. Focused echocardiography (FoCUS) is a point-of-care means of assessing cardiac function which can be useful for the diagnosis of cardiac involvement.

Objective

This study aims evaluating the characteristics of validity and reliability of FoCUS applied on Chagas disease patients.

Methods

Patients with Chagas disease coming from an endemic area were selected from a large cohort (SaMi-Trop). A simplified echocardiogram with only three images was extracted from the conventional echocardiogram performed in this cohort. The images were evaluated by an observer who was blinded to the clinical and echocardiographic data, to determine the accuracy and reliability of FoCUS for cardiac asse

SUBMITTER: Martins Barros IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568132 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature