Erratum to “Heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy” (Rev. Port. Cardiol. 2017;36(11):871.e1-871.e4)

Erratum to "Heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy" (Rev. Port. Cardiol. 2017;36(11):871.e1-871.e4).

Heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy.

Chagas disease is an endemic disease in Latin America that is increasingly found in non-endemic areas all over the world due to the flow of migrants from Central and South America. We present the case of a Brazilian immigrant in Portugal who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation for end-stage Chagas cardiomyopathy. Immunosuppressive therapy included prednisone, mycophenolate mofetil and ta...

Heart transplantation for dilated cardiomyopathy.

Between 1988 and 1994, 23 patients underwent heart transplantation for dilated cardiomyopathy. The age of the 13 boys and 10 girls was from 8 months to 16 years (mean 7.1 years). Selection criteria included failure to thrive despite maximal antifailure treatment and/or intravenous inotrope dependence. The aetiology of cardiomyopathy was idiopathic (n = 13), congenital (n = 3), anthracycline ind...

Clinical perspectives of patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy listed as high priority for heart transplantation

Introduction: Heart failure deterioration is responsible for elevated mortality rates in the heart transplantation waiting lists. In Chagas cardiomyopathy, the presence of biventricular dysfunction increases the severity of this complication. Method: We studied 141 patients with cardiogenic shock, listed in priority for heart transplantation. Forty six patients presented Chagas cardiomyopathy a...

Chagas' Cardiomyopathy

Background The fundamental determinant of the natural history of Chagas' disease is cardiac involvement. Methods and Results We studied 104 male patients with congestive heart failure due to Chagas' disease to estimate the survival distribution function and to evaluate age, functional class (FC), maximal oxygen consumption (Vo2max ), and ejection fraction (EF) as predictors of survival. Statist...