title: [Heart transplantation: donor with Chagas' disease and clinical course of the receptor].
abstract: Because of an operational misshape, a female patient received a heart transplant whose donor was chronically infected by Trypanosoma cruzi. After 3 months, transmission of the parasite has not been detected, what deserves communication, considering the clinical and scientific implications of the case.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação Médica-Parasitologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amato Neto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Uip
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Strabelli
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bocchi
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jatene
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Transplante de coração: doador com doença de Chagas e evolução do receptor.