Accuracy and reliability of focused echocardiography in patients with Chagas disease from endemic areas: SaMi-Trop cohort study.
Isabella Morais Martins BarrosMarcio Vinicius L BarrosLarissa Natany Almeida MartinsAntonio Luiz P RibeiroRaul Silva Simões de CamargoClaudia Di Lorenzo OliveiraAriela Mota FerreiraLea Campos de OliveiraAna Luiza BierrenbachDesireé Sant Ana HaikalEster Cerdeira SabinoClareci Silva CardosoMaria do Carmo Pereira NunesPublished in: PloS one (2021)
FoCUS showed satisfactory values of validity and reliability for assessment of cardiac chambers in patients with Chagas disease, except for apical aneurysm. This tool can identify heart disease with potential impact on patient management in the limited-resource setting.