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.
Rossi
M A
MA
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Braile
D M
DM
Souza
D R
DR
Santos
J L
JL
Thevenard
R S
RS
Pinto
G H
GH
Suzigan
S
S
Grecco
O
O
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