Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease
Recommendations
Acute ChD
Chronic ChD
Recommendations for Imaging in Symptomatic Stages of ChHD
- LVEF
- Regional wall motion abnormalities and aneurysms
- LV diastolic function
- RV function
- Mitral and tricuspid regurgitation
- Pulmonary artery systolic pressure
- Presence of intracardiac thrombus and
- Myocardial edema or fibrosis.
Recommendation Grading
Overview
Title
Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease
Authoring Organization
American Society of Echocardiography
Publication Month/Year
January 1, 2018
Last Updated Month/Year
January 22, 2024
Supplemental Implementation Tools
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Document Objectives
Provide recommendations for the use of cardiac ultrasound and other imaging modalities in the diagnosis, classification, and risk assessment of myocardial damage from early to advanced forms of ChHD.
Inclusion Criteria
Female, Male, Adult, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Ambulatory, Emergency care, Outpatient
Intended Users
Radiology technologist, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Assessment and screening, Diagnosis
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D014355 - Chagas Disease, D002598 - Chagas Cardiomyopathy
Keywords
cardiomyopathy, Chagas, Left ventricular aneurysm
Source Citation
Acquatella, H., Asch, F. M., Barbosa, M. M., Barros, M., Bern, C., Cavalcante, J. L., … Viotti, R. (2018). Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC) and the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC-SBC). Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 31(1), 3–25. doi:10.1016/j.echo.2017.10.019