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Brief Communication Miranda et al Analysis of iron metabolism in CCC Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(2):189-192 1. Thomas C, Kirschbaum, A, Boehm, D, Thomas L. The diagnostic plot :a concept for identifying different states of iron deficiency and monitoring the response to epoetin therapy. Med Oncol. 2006;23(1):23-36. 2. Kluststein MW, Tzivoni D. Anaemia and heart failure: aetiology and treatment. Nephrol Dial Transplant.2005;20(Suppl):7-10. 3. Ludwig H, Osteerborg A. Pathogenesis and treatment of anemia. In: Berenson J (ed.). Biology andmanagement of multiplemyeloma. NewYork: Human Press; 2004. P.303-18. 4. Koike K, Matsuda K. Recent advances in the pathogenesis and management of juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia. Br J Haematol. 2008;141(5):567-75. 5. Andrews N C. Forging a field: the golden age of iron biology.” Blood. 2008;112(2):219-30. 6. Deicher R., Hörl WH. New insights into the regulation of iron homeostasis.” Eur J Clin Invest. . 2006;36(5):301-9. 7. Nunes MC, Dones W, Morillo CA, Encina JJ, Ribeiro AL; Council on Chagas Disease of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology. Chagas disease: an overview of clinical and epidemiological aspects. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62(9):767-76. 8. Rocha MO, Ribeiro AL, Teixeira MM. Clinical management of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy. Front Biosci. 2003 Jan 1;8:e44-54. 9. Horta AL, Leite AL, Costa P G, Figueiredo VP, Talvani A. Potential role of carvedilol in the cardiac immune response induced by experimental infectionwith Trypanosoma cruzi. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:ID9205062. 10. Botoni FA, Ribeiro AL, Marinho CC, Lima MM, Nunes M C, Rocha MO. TreatmentofChagasCardiomyopathy.BiomedResInt.2013;2013:ID849504. 11. Anand IS. Anemia and chronic heart failure implications and treatment options. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52(7):501-11. 12. HiguchiML..Endomyocardialbiopsy inChagas´heartdisease:pathogenetic contributions. Sao Paulo Med J. 1995;113(2):821-5. References This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License Author contributions Conception and design of the research, analysis and interpretation of the data, statistical analysis, writing of the manuscript and critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Miranda CP, Botoni FA, Nunes MCP, Rocha MOC; acquisition of data: Miranda CP, Botoni FA, Rocha MOC; obtaining funding: Miranda CP. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This article is part of the thesis of master submitted by Carla Paixão Miranda, from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. 192