• J Clin Anesth · Jun 2009

    Case Reports

    Perioperative management of a patient with Chagas disease having mitral valve surgery.

    • Robert S Leckie, Steven Leckie, and Feroze Mahmood.
    • Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. rleckie@bidmc.harvard.edu
    • J Clin Anesth. 2009 Jun 1; 21 (4): 282-5.

    AbstractA patient with advanced Chagas disease presented with symptoms attributable to dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral regurgitation. Although esophageal involvement is part of the constellation of findings in Chagas, transesophageal echocardiography was safely used to guide the mitral valve surgery.

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