Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in chronic chagas' heart disease: Clinicopathological data

We report a 44-year-old man with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy who underwent latissimus dorsi dynamic cardiomyoplasty and died 4 months later. The clinicopathological findings are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 649 - 651
Main Authors Rossi, Marcos A., Braile, Domingo M., Souza, Doroteia R.S., Santos, Jose L.V., Thevenard, Rubens S., Pinto, Gracia H., Suzigan, Suely, Grecco, Oswaldo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1991
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Atrophy
Biological and medical sciences
Chagas Cardiomyopathy - pathology
Chagas Cardiomyopathy - surgery
Chronic Disease
Fibrosis
Heart Failure - etiology
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Necrosis
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Trypanosomiasis
Heart
Human
Protozoal disease
Chagas disease
Cardiovascular disease
Exploration
Flap surgery
Infection
Case study
Plasty
Pathology
Treatment
Surgery
Myocardium
Trypanosomiasis
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Summary:We report a 44-year-old man with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy who underwent latissimus dorsi dynamic cardiomyoplasty and died 4 months later. The clinicopathological findings are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(91)90327-M