Atrial fibrillation in acute Chagas disease acquired via oral transmission: a case report

Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF), a type of supraventricular arrhythmia increases the risk of thromboembolism. Chagas disease has been reported in the Brazilian Amazon region over approximately 20 years. Cardiac abnormalities are recorded in at least 50% of patients and among these, 3.3% develop AF...

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Main Authors: Paulo Fernando Pimenta de Souza, Rosane Cheble Domingues Pine, Francisco Lúzio de Paula Ramos, Ana Yecê das Neves Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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