Acometimento cardíaco em Casos de Doença de Chagas Aguda da Amazônia Cardiac involvement in Acute Chagas' Disease Cases in the Amazon region

Abstract

Descreve-se o acometimento cardíaco em cinco pacientes autóctones da Amazônia com diagnóstico de Doença de Chagas Aguda (DCA). Quatro desses pacientes apresentaram provável transmissão oral. Todos apresentaram algum grau de acometimento cardíaco, não havendo nenhum óbito.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.

Keywords

• Doença de Chagas
• sucos
• açaí
• cardiomiopatia chagásica
• Chagas' disease
• juices
• açaí
• Chagas' cardiomyopathy