Population
24 patients with Chagas disease who died suddenly between 1982 and 1988, average age 51, 70% male.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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SCD may occur in asymptomatic Chagas patients with minimal cardiac involvement; hypothesis-generating for risk stratification.
While most patients with Chagas disease who die suddenly have severe underlying myocardial disease, sudden cardiac death can also occur in asymptomatic patients with minimal heart involvement.
Bestetti et al. (1993) studied this question.
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