| I Latin American Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas’ Heart Disease (Andrade J.P/2011) [24] |
Additional diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with Chagas heart disease with abnormal ECG |
| Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease (Dias J.C.P/2015) [25] |
Abnormal ECG to classify myocardial damage into stages |
| Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease: an expert consensus of Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) (Nunes M.C.P/2017) [31] |
It is reasonable to perform an echocardiogram on every patient at the diagnosis of Chagas disease, and it should be repeated during follow-up if the ECG becomes abnormal |
| 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) (Acquatella H/2018) [4] |
It is reasonable to perform at least a single echocardiographic examination (baseline evaluation) on every patient with positive serology for Chagas disease and repeat during follow-up if the ECG findings become abnormal to document disease progression |
| Chagas Cardiomyopathy: An Update of Current Clinical Knowledge and Management A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (Nunes M.C.P/2018) [3] |
It is reasonable to obtain at least 1 echocardiogram for patients diagnosed during the indeterminate stage of Chagas disease. |
| Chagas Disease Consensus–Argentine Society of Cardiology (Benassi MD/2019) [26] |
It is indicated in the initial assessment of Chagas disease and when new symptoms or ECG changes. |
