Intruder in the Heart.(Chagas' disease)

From: Discover | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: PANOSIAN, CLAIRE | Copyright information

An infectious-diseases specialist describes diagnosing a patient with congestive cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachyarrhythmia, idiopathic. The cause of the heart problem was Chagas' disease in which Trypanosoma cruzi, a single-celled protozoan, burrows into heart muscle. The patient refused the only treatment, a heart transplant, and later died.

Miguel was wheezing like a worn-out radiator. He could no longer pretend that nothing was wrong.

MIGUEL NEVER RECALLED when ...

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