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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-9940</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Archivos de cardiología de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Arch. Cardiol. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-9940</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-99402021000100050</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/acm.20000042</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of Chagas heart disease in dilated cardiomyopathy]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de cardiopatía chagásica en la miocardiopatía dilatada]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Zambrano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amaya-Tapia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franco-Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León-Murguía]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar J. López]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaria de Salud Jalisco Hospital General de Occidente Servicio de Cardiología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zapopan ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de Occidente Servicio de Infectología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zapopan ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio estatal de salud pública del Estado de Jalisco  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zapopan ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de la Costa Departamento de Ciencias Médicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Vallarta Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>50</fpage>
<lpage>57</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000100050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000100050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000100050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objectives: The main objective is to determine the prevalence of American trypanosomiasis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy in a tertiary hospital in western Mexico.  Methods: From January 1991 to February 2016, 387 consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy were included in the study. Cases with ventricular dilatation secondary to ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, pericardial disease, or congenital heart disease were excluded from the study. Diagnosis was made detecting antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi with two different methods or parasite in blood.  Results: Were included 387 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, Chagas cardiomyopathy was confirmed in 6.9%, two patients in the acute phase (in one, suspected transfusion transmission was detected). Most patients were born in rural areas. About 96.2% showed congestive heart failure, only one patient with apical left ventricular aneurysm manifested palpitations. About 66% with right bundle branch block, left anterior fascicular block, or the association of both, in 14.8%, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia was found.  Conclusions: Chagas cardiomyopathy is common in México, mainly in people who were born or lived during childhood in rural areas. It is a common cause of heart failure. Chagas’ heart disease should be suspected in patients receiving a blood transfusion, even without another epidemiological history.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: El objetivo principal del estudio es conocer la prevalencia de tripanosomiasis americana en pacientes con cardiomiopatía dilatada, en un hospital de concentración en el occidente de México.  Métodos: Desde enero de 1991 a febrero de 2016 se incluyeron 387 pacientes consecutivos con diagnóstico de cardiomiopatía dilatada, se excluyeron los casos con dilatación ventricular secundaria a cardiopatía isquémica, valvulopatías, hipertensión arterial sistémica, enfermedad pulmonar, enfermedad pericárdica o cardiopatías congénitas. El diagnóstico se realizó mediante la detección de anticuerpos anti-tripanosoma cruzi con 2 métodos positivos diferentes o con la detección del parásito en sangre.  Resultados: Se incluyeron 387 paciente con cardiomiopatía dilatada, en el 6.9% se confirmó cardiopatía chagásica; dos pacientes en fase aguda (uno con sospecha de transmisión transfusional). La mayoría de los pacientes provenían de zonas rurales. El 96.2% de los casos presentó insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva, un paciente con aneurisma apical del ventrículo izquierdo solo manifestó palpitaciones. El 66% presentó bloqueo de la rama derecha del haz de His, hemibloqueo anterior izquierdo o la asociación de ambos, en el 14.8% se encontró taquicardia ventricular no sostenida.  Conclusiones: La cardiopatía chagásica es frecuente en nuestro medio, principalmente en personas que nacieron o vivieron durante la infancia en áreas rurales. Es causa común de insuficiencia cardiaca. La cardiomiopatía chagásica debe sospecharse en pacientes que reciben transfusión sanguínea, incluso sin otros antecedentes epidemiológicos]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chagas heart disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dilated cardiomyopathy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[American trypanosomiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cardiopatía chagásica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cardiomiopatía dilatada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tripanosomiasis americana]]></kwd>
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