Interactive medical case. A patient with syncope

N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 15;369(7):e9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMimc1215679.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis*
  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy / complications
  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy / drug therapy
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Male
  • Nitroimidazoles / therapeutic use
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Stroke Volume
  • Syncope / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
  • Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / immunology
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Nitroimidazoles
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • benzonidazole