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The apical ventricular lesion in Chagas' heart disease
E A Nogueira1, O M Ueti, W R Vieira
1Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-São Paulo, Brazil.
Sao Paulo Medical Journal = Revista Paulista De Medicina
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Apical lesions of the left ventricle, ranging from endocardial thickening to aneurysms, are commonly found in Chagas' heart disease. These abnormalities can be identified by ventriculography, two-dimensional echocardiography and radioisotopic studies. Generally, clinical manifestations are limited to arrhythmias and thromboembolic. The lesions are usually small and apparently do not play a role in ventricular dysfunction.