Joseane Elza Tonussi Mendes Rossette do Valle et al. Luiz Carlos de Abreu Raimundo Barbosa Barros Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo … Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera Isabel Sorpreso
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.