Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in chronic Chagas' heart disease: clinicopathological data

M A Rossi; D M Braile; D R Souza; J L Santos; R S Thevenard; G H Pinto; S Suzigan; O Grecco

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(91)90327-m

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in chronic Chagas' heart disease: clinicopathological data

Ann Thorac Surg. 1991 Apr;51(4):649-51. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(91)90327-m.

Authors

M A Rossi¹, D M Braile, D R Souza, J L Santos, R S Thevenard, G H Pinto, S Suzigan, O Grecco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 2012425
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(91)90327-m

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrophy
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / pathology
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / surgery*
Chronic Disease
Fibrosis
Heart Failure / etiology
Humans
Male
Necrosis