Association between positive serology for COVID-19 and chagas cardiomyopathy progression: The SaMi-Trop project.
Ariela Mota FerreiraLéa Campos Oliveira-da SilvaClareci Silva CardosoCláudia Di Lorenzo OliveiraBruno Oliveira de Figueiredo BritoAna Luiza BierrenbachAna Clara de Jesus SantosDardiane Santos CruzSâmara Fernandes LeiteAndréia Brito JesusRenata Fiúza DamascenoMaria Carmo Pereira NunesIsrael MolinaDesirée Sant' Anna HaikalEster Cerdeira SabinoAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroPublished in: Travel medicine and infectious disease (2024)
Our study shows an association between COVID-19 and progression of Chagas cardiomyopathy, evaluated by repeated ECGs, suggesting that COVID-19 accelerated the natural history of CD.