INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the clinical forms and manifestation severities of @entity1526 among serologically reactive individuals from Western Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern Brazil). METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 186 adults who were evaluated using electrocardiography, echocardiography, chest radiography, and contrast radiography of the esophagus and colon. A clinical-epidemiological questionnaire was also used. RESULTS: The indeterminate, cardiac, digestive, and cardiodigestive clinical forms of @entity1526 were diagnosed in 51.6% (96/186), 32.2% (60/186), 8.1% (15/186) and 8.1% (15/186) of the @entity1 , respectively. @entity712 (functional classes I-IV) was detected in 7.5% (14/186) of the @entity1 , and 36.4% (24/66), 30.3% (20/66), 15.2% (10/66), 13.6% (9/66), and 4.5% (3/66) of the @entity1 were at stage A, @entity6022 , respectively. @entity384 and electrocardiographic changes were detected in 10.2% (19/186) and 48.1% (91/186) of the @entity1 , respectively. Apical @entity439 was diagnosed in 10.8% (20/186) of the @entity1 , and other changes in the segmental myocardial contractility of the left ventricle were diagnosed in 33.9% (63/186) of the @entity1 . @entity1318 (groups I-IV) was observed in 7% (13/186) of the @entity1 , megacolon (grades 1-3) was detected in12.9% (24/186) of the @entity1 , and both organs were affected in 29.2% (7/24) of the megacolon cases. CONCLUSIONS: We detected various clinical forms of @entity1526 (including the digestive form). Our findings indicate that clinical symptoms alone may not be sufficient to exclude or confirm cardiac and/or digestive damage, and the number of @entity1 with symptomatic clinical forms may be underestimated.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients'] @entity1318 :: ('MESH:D004931', 'Disease') :: ['Megaesophagus'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['Heart failure'] @entity384 :: ('MESH:D002311', 'Disease') :: ['Dilated cardiomyopathy'] @entity6022 :: ('28905;28907', 'Gene') :: ['B1, B2, C, and D'] @entity1526 :: ('MESH:D014355', 'Disease') :: ['Chagas disease'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysm']
@entity1526 :: (MESH:D014355,Disease) :: ['Chagas disease']
