title: [Rheumatic cardiopathy and Chagas disease].
abstract: Rheumatic heart disease is common in the undeveloped world; Chagas disease, a typical rural parasitic condition started to affect urban areas. Both have a relatively high incidence and prevalence in Latin America, however, we could not find a report of patients with coincidental rheumatic heart disease and Chagas disease. Herein we report the first documented case.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, México, D.F.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Patiño
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Monteón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Argüero Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansilla Olivares
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery