Open AccessCardiac Evaluation in the Acute Phase of Chagas' Disease with Post-Treatment Evolution in Patients Attended in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
Author(s) -
Jessica Vanina Ortiz,
Bruna Valessa Moutinho Pereira,
Kátia do Nascimento Couceiro,
Mônica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva,
Susan Smith Doria,
Paula Rita Leite da Silva,
Edson da Fonseca de Lira,
Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra,
Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra,
João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4170
pISSN - 0066-782X
DOI - 10.5935/abc.20190007
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , right bundle branch block , pericardial effusion , chagas disease , myocarditis , electrocardiography , pathology
In the past two decades, a new epidemiological profile of Chagas' disease (CD) has been registered in the Brazilian Amazon where oral transmission has been indicated as responsible for the increase of acute cases. In the Amazonas state, five outbreaks of acute CD have been registered since 2004. The cardiac manifestations in these cases may be characterized by diffuse myocarditis, with alteration in the electrocardiogram (ECG) and transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE).