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Case Report • Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 94 (6) • June 2010 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2010000600023 linkcopy

Open-access Cardiac involvement in Acute Chagas' Disease Cases in the Amazon region

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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.

Chagas' disease; juices; açaí; Chagas' cardiomyopathy

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