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. 2015 Sep 30;5(3):7-9.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2015.012. eCollection 2015 Jul-Sep.

Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

Vera Demarchi Aiello  1 , Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos  2
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Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

Vera Demarchi Aiello et al. Autops Case Rep. .
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Figure 1. - Gross findings of Chronic Chagas Cardiomiopathy. A – “Chagasic rosary” represented by small round whitish granules deposited sequentially along the coronary vessels. B and C – Dilation of the atrial and ventricular chambers with typical apical left ventricular aneurysm in C. Image courtesy Dr. Vera Demarchi Aiello.
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