Reagudizaçäo de cardite chagásica provocando insuficiência ventricular direita exclusiva / Reactivation of Myocarditis in Chagas' Disease Inducing Isolated Right Ventricular Failure
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
62(6): 435-437, jun. 1994. ilus
Artigo
em Português
| LILACS
| ID: lil-159864
ABSTRACT
Woman, 42 years-old, receiving immunosuppressive therapy for a lymphoma, presented reagudization of Chagas' disease, from its indeterminate phase. Intense inflammatory visceral aggression, due to extensive intracellular proliferation of the Trypanosoma cruzi, was the likely mechanism for acute myocarditis leading to severe right ventricular failure. Antiparasite chemotherapy was effective in the control of visceral involvement and for the remission of cardiac failure. The clinical course in this case is compatible with the hypothesis of early right ventricular damage in Chagas' disease
Texto completo:
DisponíveL
Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
/
Disfunção Ventricular Direita
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Adulto
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
Idioma:
Português
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Similares
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS