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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator prevents sudden death in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy in the Brazilian Amazon

2021; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 54; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0037-8682-0480-2020

1678-9849

Kátia do Nascimento Couceiro, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Mônica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva, Débora Raysa Teixeira de Sousa, Kenny R. Souza, Gabriela Maciel Alencar, Laylah Kelre Costa Magalhães, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

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.