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Alternate Names : American Trypanosomiasis

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Chagas Disease Prognosis (Expectations)

Approximately 30% of infected and untreated people will develop chronic or symptomatic Chagas disease. It may take more than twenty years from the time of the original infection to develop heart or digestive problems.

Abnormal heart rhythms (arrythmias, ventricular tachycardia) may cause sudden death. Once congestive heart failure develops, death usually occurs within several years.

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Review Date : 9/5/2002
Reviewed By : Donna R. Cooper, MD, MPH. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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