Volume 32, Nº 5, September and October 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/2359-4802.20190010
CASE REPORT
Complete Resolution of Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Acute Chagas Myocarditis
Joseane Elza Tonussi Mendes Rossette do Valle
Luiz Carlos de Abreu
Raimundo Barbosa Barros
Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo
Isabel Cristina Espósito Sorpreso
Andrés Ricardo Pérez-Riera
Abstract
We present a case of a female adolescent with severe acute Chagas myocarditis, acquired by oral transmission in an endemic area in the Brazilian western Amazon, who had electrocardiographic changes normalized after empirical treatment with the antiparasitic drug benznidazole combined with conventional treatment for severe heart failure.
Keywords: Chagas Disease/epidemiology; Trypanosoma Cruzi; Chagas Cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiography/methods; Heart Failure/drug therapy; Antiparasitic Agents.