Chagas Disease Predicts 10-Year Stroke Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly | Zendy

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Chagas Disease Predicts 10-Year Stroke Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly

Author(s) -

Maria Fernanda LimaCosta,

Divane Leite Matos,

Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.588061

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , atrial fibrillation , chagas disease , quartile , natriuretic peptide , confounding , cohort study , cohort , cardiology , confidence interval , immunology , heart failure , engineering , mechanical engineering

Previous case-control studies have suggested a causal link between Chagas disease, which is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, and stroke. We investigated the relationship between Chagas disease and long-term stroke mortality in a large community-based cohort of older adults.

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