Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally regarded as a tropical disease ...

The endocardium also plays crucial roles during heart development because it provides patterning signals for myocardial trabeculation 3 and compaction, 4 contributes to coronary vessel formation, 5 ...