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Chronic Chagas disease can progress to myocardial involvement with intense fibrosis, which may predispose patients to sudden cardiac death through ventricular arrhythmia. The associations of myocardial fibrosis detected by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) were evaluated. This cross-sectional study included patients in early stages of Chagas disease (n = 47) and a control group (n = 15). Patients underwent cardiac evaluation, including CMR examination. Myocardial fibrosis assessment by CMR with measurement of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), native T1, and extracellular volume (ECV) was performed. There was an increase in myocardial fibrosis CMR parameters and ventricular arrhythmias among different stages of Chagas disease, combined with a decrease in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by CMR and also in the right ventricular systolic function by S' wave on tissue Doppler. Fibrosis mass and ECV were associated with the Rassi score, ventricular extrasystole, and E/e' ratio in a logistic regression model adjusted for age and gender. The ECV maintained an association with the presence of NSVT, even after adjustments for fibrosis mass and LVEF assessed by CMR. The receiver-operating characteristic area under the curve for global ECV (0.85; 95% CI: 0.71-0.99) and NSVT was greater than that for fibrosis mass (0.75; 95% CI: 0.54-0.96), although this difference was not statistically significant. Extracellular volume could be an early marker of increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia in Chagas disease, presenting an independent association with NSVT in the initial stages of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy, even after adjustment for fibrosis mass and LVEF.
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy/physiopathology , Heart/diagnostic imaging , Tachycardia, Ventricular/physiopathology , Aged , Area Under Curve , Case-Control Studies , Chagas Cardiomyopathy/complications , Chagas Cardiomyopathy/diagnostic imaging , Chagas Disease/complications , Chagas Disease/diagnostic imaging , Chagas Disease/physiopathology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Echocardiography , Electrocardiography, Ambulatory , Extracellular Space , Female , Fibrosis , Humans , Logistic Models , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardium/pathology , Organ Size , ROC Curve , Stroke Volume , Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology , Ventricular Function, RightSubject(s)
No-Reflow Phenomenon , Cicatrix , Humans , Myocardium , Natriuretic Peptide, Brain , Peptide FragmentsSubject(s)
Humans , No-Reflow Phenomenon , Peptide Fragments , Cicatrix , Natriuretic Peptide, Brain , MyocardiumSubject(s)
Computed Tomography Angiography , Coronary Occlusion , Coronary Angiography , Humans , PrognosisABSTRACT
O aneurisma de artéria coronaria é uma doença geralmente descoberta de forma acidental já que a maioria dos pacientes permanece assintomática. Não obstante, raros pacientes podem apresentar complicações locais do aneurisma. Relata-se um caso de trombose de aneurisma de coronária seguido de infarto agudo do miocárdio em um adolescente. São revisadas, também, as modalidades diagnósticas na avaliação desta doença.
Coronary artery aneurysm is a disease usually diagnosed accidentally since most patients remain asymptomatic. Nonetheless, rare patients may havelocal aneurysm complications. We describe a case of coronary artery aneurysm thrombosis followed by acute myocardial infarction in an adolescent. We also review the imaging diagnosis of this disease.
