Echocardiographic parameters, speckle tracking, and brain natriuretic peptide levels as indicators of progression of indeterminate stage to Chagas cardiomyopathy.
Luis Eduardo EcheverriaLyda Z RojasMaría C VillamizarCarlos LuengasAngel M ChavesJaime A RodríguezRafael CampoClaudia ClavijoAdriana M RedondoLuis A LópezSergio Alejandro Gómez-OchoaCarlos A MorilloOscar L Rueda-OchoaOscar H FrancoPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
Our findings suggest that Echo parameters and NT-proBNP may be used as diagnostic variables in detecting the onset of myocardial alterations in patients with the indeterminate stage of ChD. LV-GLS was the more accurate measurement regarding stage A differentiation from the stages B, C, and D. Prospective longitudinal studies are needed to validate these findings.