Infection with Trypanosoma spp. can cause Chagas disease or human African trypanosomiasis. In this Review, Sabino and colleagues discuss the effects of these infections on the heart, with particular emphasis on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Chagas cardiomyopathy.
- Ester Cerdeira Sabino
- Maria Carmo P. Nunes
- Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro