[Heart transplantation: donor with Chagas' disease and clinical course of the receptor].
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.
Amato Neto
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Laboratório de Investigação Médica-Parasitologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Matsubara
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L
Uip
D E
DE
Strabelli
T M
TM
Bocchi
E A
EA
Stolf
N A
NA
Jatene
A D
AD
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans
Transplante de coração: doador com doença de Chagas e evolução do receptor.