Reactivation of cardiac Chagas' disease in acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Juan Rivera; L David Hillis; Benjamin D Levine

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.081

Reactivation of cardiac Chagas' disease in acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Oct 15;94(8):1102-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.081.

Authors

Juan Rivera¹, L David Hillis, Benjamin D Levine

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15476640
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.081

Abstract

We report the case of a 29-year-old man who developed acute congestive heart failure secondary to cardiac Chagas' disease in the setting of Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation by acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Adult
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / complications*
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Male