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São Paulo med. j ; 113(2): 851-7, Mar.-Apr. 1995. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-161560

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to register the prevalence of late potentials (LP) in patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease (CCD) and the relationship with sustained ventricular tachycardia (SVT). 192 patients (96 males), mean age 42.9 years, with CCD were studied through a Signal Averaged ECG using time domain analysis. According to presence or absence of bundle branch block (BBB) and SVT, four groups of patients were created: Group I (n = 72): without SVT (VT-) and without BBB (BBB-): Group II (n = 27): with SVT (VT+) and BBB-; Group Ill (n = 63): VT- and with BBB (BBB+); and Group IV (N = 30): VT+ and BBB+. The LP was admitted, with 40 Hz filter, in the groups without BBB using standard criteria of the method. In the group with BBB, the root-mean-square amplitude of the last 40 ms (RMS) < = 14 microV was considered as an indicator of LP. Results: In groups I and II, LP was present in 21 (78 percent) of the patients with SVT and in 22 (31 percent) of the patients without SVT (p < 0.001), with Sensitivity (S) 78 percent; Specificity (SP) 70 percent and Accuracy (Ac) 72 percent. LP was present in 30 (48 percent) of the patients without and 20 (67 percent) of the patients with SVT, in groups Ill and IV. p = 0.066, with S = 66 percent; SP = 52 percent; and Ac = 57 percent. In the follow-up, there were 4 deaths unrelated to arrhythmic events, all of them did not have LP. Eight (29,6 percent) of the patients from group II and 4 (13 percent) from group IV presented recurrence of SVT and 91,6 percent of these patients had LP. Conclusions: LP occurred in 77.7 percent of the patients with SVT and without BBB. In the groups with BBB, there was association of LP with SVT in 66,6 percent of the cases. The recurrence of SVT was present in 21 percent of the cases from which 91,6 percent had LP.


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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Tachycardia, Ventricular/diagnosis , Electrocardiography , Chagas Cardiomyopathy/physiopathology , Follow-Up Studies , Sensitivity and Specificity , Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology , Chronic Disease
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Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-165787

ABSTRACT

Foram estudados, por meio de eletrocardiograma de alta resoluçäo, 192 pacientes com cardiopatia chagásica crônica, sendo 96 (50 por cento) do sexo masculino. A idade variou entre 17 e 75 anso (média de 42,93.). O estudo objetivou estudar a prevalência de potencial tardio em portadores de cardiopatia chagásica crônica e sua relaçäo com taquicardia ventricular sustentada. De acordo com a presença ou a ausência de bloqueio de ramo e taquicardia ventricular sustentada foram constituídos 4 grupos. Admitiu-se a presença de potencial tardio, com filtro de 40H2, nos grupos sem bloquio de ramo, quando a duraçäo do QRS filtrado era . 110 ms, a duraçäo do sinal abaixo de 40 uV maior-igual 35ms e voltagem da raiz quadrada dos últimos 40 ms (VM40) maior-igual 20uV. Nos grupos com bloqueio de ramo considerou-se o VM 40 maior-igual 14UV como indicativo de potencial tardio. Resultados: nos grupos sem bloqueio de ramo o potencial tardio esteve presente em 21 (78 por cento) dos pacientes com taquicardia ventricular sustentada e em 22 (31 por cento) dos sem taquicardia ventricular sustentada (p < 0,001), com sensibilidade (S) 78 por cento, especificidade (E) 70 por cento e acurácia (Ac) 77 por cento. O potencial tardio esteve presente em 30 (48 por cento) dos pacientes sem taquicardia ventricular sustentada e em 20 (67 por cento) com taquicardia ventricular sustentada nos grupos com bloqueio de ramo (p=0,066), com S, 66 por cento; E, 52 por cento; e Ac, 57 por cento. No seguimento 12 (21 por cento) pacientes apresentaram recorrência de taquicardia ventricular sustentada: 91,6 por cento desses pacientes tinham potencial tardio. Ocorreram quatro óbtios sem relaçäo com eventos arrítmicos todos pertencentes ao grupo com bloqueio de ramo e sem taquicardia ventricular sustentada, e com potencial tardio ausente. Conclusöes: potencial tardio ocorreu em 77,7 por cento dos pacientes com taquicardia ventricular sustentada e sem bloqueio de ramo. Na ausência de bloqueio de ramo o eletrocardiograma de alta resoluçäo diferenciou pacientes com e sem taquicardia ventricular sustentada. nos grupos sem bloqueio de ramo observou-se S=70por cento e Ac=77 por cento. Nos grupos com bloqueio de ramo, em 66,6 por cento dos casos houve associaçäo entre potencial tardio e taquicardia ventricular sustentada. A recorrência de taquicardia ventricular sustentada esteve presente em 21 por cento dos casos e, desses, 91,6 por cento tinham potencial tardio.


Subject(s)
Humans , Electrocardiography , Chagas Cardiomyopathy/diagnosis , Chagas Disease , Electrocardiography, Ambulatory , Tachycardia
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Arq. bras. cardiol ; 61(5): 307-310, nov. 1993. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-148862

ABSTRACT

An 8 year old child suffering from asthenia and complete atrioventricular block, probably congenital. During the tread-mill test there was a sudden electrocardiogram change to a ventricular preexcitation pattern. Besides this rare association, we emphasize the importance of the autonomic balance over the accessory pathway's electrophysiological properties. The appearance of a latent accessory pathway might be a substitutive mechanism to counterbalance the serious impairment of physiologic atrioventricular conduction


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Child , Heart Block/complications , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/complications , Electrocardiography , Heart Block/diagnosis , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/diagnosis , Exercise Test
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