Inflammation Enhances the Risks of Stroke and Death in Chronic Chagas Disease Patients.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes, Cléber Mesquita de Andrade, Daniela Ferreira Nunes, Nathalie de Sena Pereira, Tamyres Bernadete Dantas Queiroga, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho, Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento, Maria Adelaide Do-Valle-Matta, Antônia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara, Egler Chiari, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Gata
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004669; https://doaj.org/article/5e847a72bf1a4cdf9d5b83d25de07366

Ischemic strokes have been implicated as a cause of death in Chagas disease patients. Inflammation has been recognized as a key component in all ischemic processes, including the intravascular events triggered by vessel interruption, brain damage and repair. In this study, we evaluated the associati...