Sublingual microcirculatory alterations in Chagas disease: an observational study in an endemic rural population.
Jorge Emilio De AllJuan Francisco Caminos EguillorSimón Marcelo CohenHéctor FreilijArnaldo DubinPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2024)
Patients with chronic Chagas disease exhibited increases in sublingual total and perfused microvascular density. Angiogenesis might be the underlying mechanism. The videomicroscopic assessment of mucosal sublingual microcirculation might be an additional tool in the monitoring of Chagas disease.