Reactivation of cardiac Chagas' disease in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
We report the case of a 29-year-old man who developed acute congestive heart failure secondary to cardiac Chagas' disease in the setting of Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation by acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. juanjr972@aol.com
Juan
J
Rivera
L David
LD
Hillis
Benjamin D
BD
Levine
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male