Acute myocardial infarction in chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy: report of two cases with no obstructive coronary artery lesions

This report describes two patients with chronic Chagas' Heart Disease who developed clinical and laboratorial signs of myocardial infarction. Both patients presented sudden oppressive chest pain, without precipitating factor. In the first case, the highest MB-CK value was 65 IU, 22 hours after...

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Main Authors: Silvia G. Lage, Antonio P. Mansur, José A. F. Ramires, Protásio da Luz, Giovanni Bellotti, Fúlvio Pileggi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1986-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651986000200010&lng=en&tlng=en