| Chronic Chagas' heart disease in a Japanese-Brazilian traveler. A case report. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 10506860 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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A 57-year-old Japanese-Brazilian man, visiting Japan for only 9 days, was admitted to our hospital due to syncope and frequent ventricular premature beats. He grew up in a rural area of Brazil and moved to Sao Paulo in 1959 when he was 20 years old. We suspected chronic Chagas' heart disease, i.e., dilated cardiomyopathy with apical ventricular aneurysm, right bundle branch block with left anterior fascicular block, and various arrhythmias including supraventricular premature beats, ventricular premature beats and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia because he showed typical echo- and electrocardiographic features of the disease. Coronary arteriograms were normal, and left ventriculogram confirmed the existence of apical ventricular aneurysm. A left ventricle biopsy specimen showed hypertrophic cardiac muscle with mild fibrosis. The diagnosis of chronic Chagas' disease was finally confirmed by the demonstration of Trypanosoma cruzi itself in the blood as well as Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies. |
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Authors:
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M Takeno; S Seto; F Kawahara; S Yamachika; K Yano; N Tsuda; T Yanagi; H Kanbara |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Japanese heart journal Volume: 40 ISSN: 0021-4868 ISO Abbreviation: Jpn Heart J Publication Date: 1999 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-10-07 Completed Date: 1999-10-07 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401175 Medline TA: Jpn Heart J Country: JAPAN |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 375-82 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan. |
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Animals Antibodies, Protozoan / blood Brazil / ethnology Chagas Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis* Chronic Disease Electrocardiography Humans Japan Male Middle Aged Travel Trypanosoma cruzi / immunology |
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0/Antibodies, Protozoan |
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