Chagas Disease and the Kissing Bug: An Invisible Giant.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Published: August 2019

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