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Although the total number of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in the entire group was not different (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.19) between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PLA<\/jats:styled-content> (1 [0\u20108]) and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PYR<\/jats:styled-content> (0 [0\u20104]), there were fewer episodes under <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PYR<\/jats:styled-content> in 72% of the patients presenting this type of arrhythmia (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.033).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Acute administration of pyridostigmine reduced the incidence of nonsustained ventricular arrhythmias in patients with Chagas cardiac disease. 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