title: [Cardiac involvement in Acute Chagas' Disease cases in the Amazon region].
abstract: The cardiac involvement of five patients from the Amazon region with Acute Chagas' Disease (ACD) is described. Four of these patients presented probable oral transmission. All of them presented some degree of cardiac involvement, but there were no deaths.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Francisca Mende, Manaus, AM - Brazil. jmbemfica@hotmail.com
authors.forename: João Marcos
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Ferreira
authors.forename: Jorge Augusto de Oliveira
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Franklin Simões de
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Santana Filho
authors.forename: Belisa Maria Lopes
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Leíla I A R C
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Vale
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044382:Population Groups; D016896:Treatment Outcome