Cardiac Fibrosis and Changes in Left Ventricle Function in Patients with Chronic Chagas Heart Disease.
João Bosco de Figueiredo SantosIlan GottliebEduardo Marinho TassiGabriel Cordeiro CamargoJacob AtiéSérgio Salles XavierRoberto Coury PedrosaRoberto Magalhaes SaraivaPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2021)
Even patients at an initial stage of CHD show an increase in myocardial fibrosis over time, and the presence of LV fibrosis at baseline is associated with a decrease in LV systolic function.