Trypanosoma cruzi myocardial infection reactivation presenting as complete atrioventricular block in a Chagas' heart transplant recipient

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 323-326

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a,b   Cury, Patrícia M ^a   Theodoropoulos, Tatiana A D ^a   Villafanha, Daniel ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; AV block; Chagas' cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiogram; Heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 8844236172     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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