[Cardiac involvement in Acute Chagas' Disease cases in the Amazon region].
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.
Barbosa-Ferreira
João Marcos
JM
Hospital Universitário Francisca Mende, Manaus, AM - Brazil. jmbemfica@hotmail.com
Guerra
Jorge Augusto de Oliveira
JA
Santana Filho
Franklin Simões de
FS
Magalhães
Belisa Maria Lopes
BM
Coelho
Leíla I A R C
LI
Barbosa
Maria das Graças Vale
Md
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