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Prevalence and clinical course of patients with chronic heart failure secondary to chronic Chagas heart disease associated with obstructive coronary artery disease.

Ana Paula OtavianoAugusto Cardinalli-NetoMarcelo A NakazonePaulo R NogueiraReinaldo B Bestetti
Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)
In patients with CCHD with CHF, the prevalence of CAD of 11% is not neglectable in those with precordial chest pain. The outcome for patients with precordial chest pain with CHF secondary to CCHD-CAD is better than that observed in patients with CHF secondary to CCHD alone.
Keyphrases
  • coronary artery disease
  • risk factors
  • cardiovascular events
  • percutaneous coronary intervention
  • coronary artery bypass grafting
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • heart failure
  • acute coronary syndrome
  • aortic valve