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What is your approach to monitoring patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas disease?

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Infectious Disease · Boston University
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Once the diagnosis of Chagas is confirmed (by at least two different serological tests), we routinely evaluate the patient for symptoms or signs of cardiac or GI complications. We also obtain an EKG with 30-second rhythm strip and schedule a transthoracic echocardiogram with contrast (because some p...

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