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3652079

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective study of the medical records of our hospital from 1965 to 1985 was carried out to characterize for the first time chronic Chagas' heart disease in the elderly (more than 70 years old). A total of 25 patients (mean age = 76) were suitable for the study. Congestive heart failure, sudden cardiac death, thromboembolism and atypical chest pain were found in 68, 16, 8 and 8% of cases, respectively. Ventricular premature contractions (60%), right bundle branch block (32%), left anterior hemiblock (28%), atrial fibrillation (28%) and right bundle branch block associated with left anterior hemiblock (20%) were the ECG changes most frequently found. A morphological study was performed on 8 (32%) patients. All of them showed cardiac abnormalities, with apical aneurism being detected in 100% of cases. At autopsy, pulmonary embolism was observed in 3(37%) of these patients who presented with congestive heart failure, ventricular premature contractions and/or intraventricular conduction defect and/or atrial fibrillation. Thus, the characteristics of chronic Chagas' heart disease in the elderly are similar to those found in middle-aged patients. We suggest that these patients are important for the study of the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas' heart disease because they may have less aggressive pathophysiologic mechanisms than middle-aged patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0008-6312
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
344-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic Chagas' heart disease in the elderly: a clinicopathologic study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't