Publications by authors named "Jose Alberto M da Matta"
Objective: To determine the frequency of encephalic infarction and its contribution to lethality in patients with Chagas' disease and heart failure.
Methods: Medical records and autopsy reports of patients with Chagas' disease complicated by heart failure, who died at the Professor Edgar Santos Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia in the past 45 years were retrospectively analyzed. Data comprised information regarding the clinical history on hospital admission, complementary and anatomicopathological examinations, including the presence of encephalic infarction, the impaired region, and the cause of death.