Luiz Alberto Benvenuti

• Abstract

  Reactivation of Chagas' disease (RCD) after heart transplantation is common, although rarely fatal. When affecting the heart, the diagnosis is usually established by endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). However, the histological picture of RCD is similar to acute cellular rejection, with inflammatory infiltration of the myocardium and cardiomyocyte aggression. The differential diagnosis between b…

  Trypanosoma Cruzi parasitic load analysis in sequential endomyocardial biopsies of chagasic, heart-transplanted patients who presented reactivation of the disease, AP.R

• Abstract

  The persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi in the chronic phase of Chagas' disease has been demonstrated in the myocardium, where is associated with high-grade myocarditis, and in some parts of the digestive system, the traditional target-organs of the disease. These organs, and also the adrenal gland would be the reservoirs of the T. cruzi in the chronic phase, responsible for the origin of th…

  Evaluation of Trypanosoma cruzi persistence and load in transplantable solid organs, digestive system and adrenal gland of chronic chagasic patients, AP.R
• Myocardial parasite persistence is associated with high grade myocarditis, but not with the risk of death of chronic chagasic patients., AR.EXT

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