Clinical outcome, electrocardiogram (EKG) and Two-dimensional Doppler Echocardiography (ECHO) of thirteen patients with acute Chagas disease from Macaúbas and Ibipitanga, Bahia, Brazil, after benznidazole treatment.

Patient #6 and 7 died before evaluation.¥performed 180 days after the end of benzonidazol treatment.*MR = Mitral Regurgitation; PEF = Pericardic Effusion; SD = Septum Dyskinesis; DDLV = diastolic Disfunction of Left Ventricule, RBBB = right bundle branch block, DVR = Disturbance of Ventricular Repolarization, AFib = Atrial Fibrillation, SB = Sinus Bradcardia, TI = Tricuspid Regurgitation.EKG according the AHA/ACCF/HRS 2009 Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram [21] and Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2009 [22].ECHO according the ACC/AHA 2006 practice guidelines [23] and ASE committee recommendations [24].