The authors describe the surgical correction of left ventricle aneurysm in a female patient with Chagas disease that presented heart failure. A prosthesis of bovine pericardium was used to reconstruct the aneurysmatic wall of the left ventricle, thus obtaining marked reduction of symptoms. They believe that the benefits of this type of surgery in patients with left ventricle aneurysm of ischemic etiology, can be extended to patients with Chagas disease.
Chagas cardiomyopathy; Heart ventricle; Heart valve prosthesis
