Chagas Disease-induced Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common cause of death in patients with Chagas disease (ChD). There are over 300,000 ChD-infected individuals living in the United States, of whom 10–15% have undiagnosed Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCM). CCM patients have a higher risk of SCD compared to non-CCM pat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-10-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75p2f4v8 |