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Stroke in a chronic autochthonous chagasic patient from the Brazilian Amazon

An episode of stroke in a chronic autochthonous chagasic patient from the Brazilian Amazon is reported. This is the first documented case of a predominantly thromboembolic form of chronic Chagasic cardiopathy in the region.

Chagas disease; Amazon region; Stroke


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