TABLE II. Causes of deaths recorded in the cohort of chronic chagasic patients in the 24-year interval (1995-2019), Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Causes of deaths recorded | Group G0 | Group G1 | Group G2 | Total |
To cardiopathy | 10 | 49 | 48 | 107 |
Sudden death | 2 | 19 | 18 | 39 |
Ignored | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
Acute myocardial infarction | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Congestive heart failure | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Acute lung edema | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chronic Chagas heart disease | 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Stroke | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Chagas disease | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Cardiorespiratory arrest | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
To other causes | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Acute pancreatitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Esophageal cancer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Septicemia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Liver cirrhosis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL | 12 | 53 | 48 | 113 |
G0: patients without cardiopathy; G1: patients with cardiopathy without left ventricle aneurysms; G2: patients with cardiopathy and left ventricle aneurysms.