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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Dec 1980

Abstract

Heart weight is less in chagasic patients with "mega" syndromes than in those which have died suddenly or with congestive heart failure, it is, however, greater than in the Controls. Body weight is similar in chagasic patients who have died suddenly and in the Controls, there is a moderate body weight reduction in the group with congestive heart failure, and a more accentuated reduction in chagasic patients with "mega" syndromes (a reduction of 20% in comparíson with the Controls). The relationship between heart - weight and body - weight, expressed as a percentage is 1,1% in the group with congestive heart failure; 0,71% in the group which died suddenly; 0.77% in the group with "mega" syndromes, 0.49% in the Controls group and 0.60% in the group with cachexia producing diseases. On the basis of mean heart - weights and body - weights of the control group, group with cachexia producing diseases and group with "mega" syndromes it was calculated that the emaciation which occurred in those with "mega"syndromes could reduce mean heart - weight by at least 6.8%.

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Title
Comportamento do peso do coração e do corpo em chagásicos crônicos com e sem "megas"
Author
Almeida, Hipólito de Oliveira; Teixeira, Vicente de Paula A; Araújo, Waldyr Ferreira de
Publication year
1980
Publication date
Dec 1980
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449329522
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Dec 1980