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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.