Cardiac Chagas Disease Masquerading as an Acute Myocardial Infarction

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-72

  ElMunzer, Badih J ^a   Sallach, Susan M ^a   McGuire, Darren K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b D W Reynolds Cardiovasc Res Ctr   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Myocardial infarction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX PAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1542378675     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000091840.92246.21     Document Type: Article

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