title: Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in chronic Chagas' heart disease: clinicopathological data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Braile
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Thevenard
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzigan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Grecco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005355:Fibrosis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis