Chagas heart disease is considered an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy characterized by atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and a wide variety of abnormalities of the conduction system.

This study provides a comprehensive global analysis of valvular heart disease, highlighting the rising prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease and degenerative mitral valve disease in high ...

In people who have had previous rheumatic fever (the body attacking itself in response to bacterial infection) or have rheumatic heart disease (long-term damage to the heart due to rheumatic fever): - ...

Key words: Chagas disease - Chagas heart disease - pathophysiology - pathogenesis - prognostic factors - risk stratification A century after its discovery, Chagas disease continues to be a serious ...

Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type of pulmonary hypertension, although an accurate prevalence is challenging. PH-LHD includes PH due to systolic or ...