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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1408-1409
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Surgical Division-Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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See also page 1406.

This article by Blanche and associates on heart transplantation in Chagas' cardiomyopathy is important because a report of The Pan American Health Organization [1] estimates that 12 million persons are infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and 35 million are at risk of infection, and because this subject is quite controversial. It is accepted that cardiomyopathy or digestive ``megas syndrome'' will develop in half of the infected population [2].

In 1987 my colleagues and I reported heart transplantation in this indication [3]. Our experience at the Heart Institute, University of São Paulo, now is 21 patients, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1995 60: 1406-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text]