Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in chronic Chagas' heart disease: clinicopathological data.

Rossi, M A; Braile, D M; Souza, D R; Santos, J L; Thevenard, R S; Pinto, G H; Suzigan, S; Grecco, O · Ann Thorac Surg · 1991

case_report · Level V

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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.

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