“…In Chagas' disease, whether the patient dies unexpectedly, with no signs or symptoms of the illness (unexpected sudden death),or the death is preceded by manifestations of the disease (expected sudden death), the final mechanism is usually the same, i.e., an arrhythmic event, most frequently ventricular fibrillation. In addition, in a retrospective more detailed investigation of chagasic patients with unexpected sudden death, Prata et al 15 noticed previous cardiac symptoms (dyspnea, palpitations, seizures, and episodes of consciousness loss) in about 57% of the patients.…”