Detection of anti-HCV antibodies and risk factors in a population with access to public healthcare in Mexico.

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Timely detection and diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) involves identifying the population that is predisposed to treatment and prevention, thus limiting complications and preventing infection. The aim of this study was to analyze and describe risk factors associated with anti-HCV antibody detection in a population with access to public healthcare that participated in a national screening program. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted that utilized data related to rapid tests carried out between September 2021 and October 2022 in 26 of the 32 states of Mexico. Anti-HCV reactive tests were selected, according to age and sex, for analyzing and comparing possible risk factors through descriptive and inferential statistics. The geographic distribution and density of the screening program at the state and municipal levels was analyzed. RESULTS: There were 75,185 anti-HCV antibody detections, 2,052 reactive tests, and mean participant age was 44.3 years (±15.1). Occupation: 32.3% were employees, 19% were housewives, and 18.2% were healthcare workers. Five out of every 10 cases had no indication of risk factors, but there was a 1.4 and 5-times greater likelihood of anti-HCV detection in men with a history of sharps injury or intravenous psychoactive substance use, compared with women. Regarding place of residence, 80% of the reactive tests were concentrated in the State of Mexico, Mexico City, and Guanajuato. CONCLUSIONS: The evidence herein helps determine the population and risk factors that should be focused on in carrying out the HCV microelimination strategy of continuous screening, diagnosis, medical treatment access, and epidemiologic surveillance.

Assessment of right atrial pressure with two-dimensional, Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with acute right ventricular myocardial infarction / Evaluación de la presión de la aurícula derecha con ecocardiografía bidimensional, Doppler y speckle tracking en pacientes con infarto agudo del ventrículo derecho

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[Electrocardiographic data suggesting anteroseptal myocardial infarction, in presence of infarction of the left ventricle]. / Datos electrocardiográficos sugestivos de infarto del miocardio anteroseptal, en presencia de infarto del ventrículo derecho.

We present a case of right ventricular myocardial infarction, secondary to postangioplasty occlusion of ventricular ramus of the right coronary artery, that developed electrocardiographic changes suggestive of septal myocardial infarction, this diagnosis was eliminated through angiographic study. We conclude that the carefully analysis of the electrocardiographic changes in ST segment in V1 to V4 can guide to the diagnosis of right ventricular myocardial infarction. For that reason we recommend the routinary register of the right electrocardiographic derivations as V3R and V4R, and left derivations V7 and V8, that is, the thoracic circle, in all patients with acute myocardial infarction regardless its location.