Society guideline links: Chagas disease

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Heart failure in adults" and "Society guideline links: Arrhythmias in adults" and "Society guideline links: Atrial fibrillation" and "Society guideline links: Supraventricular arrhythmias" and "Society guideline links: Ventricular arrhythmias" and "Society guideline links: Cardiac valve disease" and "Society guideline links: Cardiomyopathy" and "Society guideline links: Myocarditis".)

International

●Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease (2019)

●International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT): Listing criteria for heart transplantation – A 10-year update (2006, updated 2016)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Blood donor counseling – Implementation guidelines (2014)

●WHO: Blood donor selection – Guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation (2012)

United States

●Recommendations for screening and diagnosis of Chagas disease in the United States (2022)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) (2021)

●American Society of Transplantation (AST): Guidelines on tissue and blood protozoa including toxoplasmosis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, Babesia, Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, and Naegleria in solid organ transplant recipients (2019)

●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on Chagas cardiomyopathy – An update of current clinical knowledge and management (2018)

●American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC), Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC): Recommendations for multimodality cardiac imaging in patients with Chagas disease (2018)

●AHA: Scientific statement on current diagnosis and treatment strategies for specific dilated cardiomyopathies (2016)

Brazil

●American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC), Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC): Recommendations for multimodality cardiac imaging in patients with Chagas disease (2018)

●Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DICE) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease (2017)

●Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (BSTM): 2nd Brazilian consensus on Chagas disease (2015)

Europe

●Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DICE) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease (2017)

United Kingdom

●British Infection Society (BIS): Recommendations for investigation and initial management – Fever in returned travellers presenting in the United Kingdom (2009)