Pathology of chronic chagas cardiomyopathy in the United States: A detailed review of 13 cardiectomy cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 191-198

  Kransdorf, Evan P ^a   Fishbein, Mike C ^c   Czer, Lawrence S C ^a   Patel, Jignesh K ^a   Velleca, Angela ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^b   Roy, R Raina ^d   Steidley, D Eric ^a   Kobashigawa, Jon A ^a   Luthringer, Daniel J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease; Heart transplantation; Surgical pathology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; HEART SURGERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013720613     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqw098     Document Type: Review

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