Chagas disease (CD), with approximately 10,000 deaths annually, has become a worldwide health problem. Approximately 35% of cases may show cardiac manifestations such as arrhythmias and/or conduction disorders, heart failure, thromboembolic accidents, and sudden death. The Amazon region has long been considered a non-endemic area for CD; however, in the last decades, with an increase in the number of acute and chronic cases, disease evolution has received greater attention. Here, we report the successful implementation of a cardioverter-defibrillator for the prevention of sudden death in a patient with autochthonous Chagas cardiomyopathy in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Couceiro, K. D. N., Ortiz, J. V., Silva, M. R. H. D. S. E., De Sousa, D. R. T., De Souza, K. R., Alencar, G. M., … Guerra, J. A. D. O. (2021). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator prevents sudden death in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy in the Brazilian Amazon. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 54. https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0480-2020
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