Vagal dysfunction and the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas disease

Vagal dysfunction and the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas disease

Vagal dysfunction is thought to be an early, primary and specific abnormality of chronic Chagas disease. However, chagasic patients with unequivocal evidence of heart disease, can have normal or abnormal vagal control of heart rate. A common explanation for these apparently discordant and contradict...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 227 - 229
Main Authors: Dávila, Diego F., Santiago, Justo J., Odreman, Wilmer A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd 18-08-2005
Subjects:
Cardiac autoantibodies
Chronic Chagas disease
Heart rate variability
Valsalva maneuver
Valsalva maneuver
Chronic Chagas disease
Heart rate variability
Cardiac autoantibodies
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Summary:Vagal dysfunction is thought to be an early, primary and specific abnormality of chronic Chagas disease. However, chagasic patients with unequivocal evidence of heart disease, can have normal or abnormal vagal control of heart rate. A common explanation for these apparently discordant and contradictory results is proposed.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.11.041