Scleroatrophy of the atrioventricular junctional specialized tissue (Lenegre-Lev Disease) in chronic chagas' heart disease

Acta Cardiol. 1995;50(6):483-7.

Abstract

This paper reports a case of bilateral bundle branch scleroatrophy and degeneration and upper interventricular septum crest fibrosis, often known as Lenegre-Lev disease, in chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrioventricular Node / pathology*
  • Atrophy
  • Bundle of His / pathology*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / pathology*
  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy / pathology*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis / pathology*
  • Heart Septum / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sclerosis