Introduction Chagas disease, a chronic and endemic condition in 21 countries within the Americas, affects approximately 6 million people. The northeast region has always been particularly important for the disease. According to data from the Mortality Information System (Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade), between 1980 and 2007, Brazil registered 156,224 deaths from Chagas disease; of them, 20,472 were in the northeast region and 3,144 occurred in Pernambuco. Classic symptoms of Chagas disease can include chest pain, commonly typical for angina. […]