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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Differentiating Chagas disease from other Diseases

Chagas disease should be differentiated from the following diseases:

• Achalasia
• Atrioventricular Block
• Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
• Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
• Colonic obstruction
• Constipation
• Encephalopathy, Hypertensive
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Motility Disorders
• Esophageal Rupture
• Esophageal Spasm
• Esophagitis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Megacolon
• Myocardial Infarction
• Myocardial Ischemia
• Myocarditis
• Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Sinus Node Dysfunction
• Splenomegaly
• Sudden Cardiac death
• Toxoplasmosis