Risk progression to chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: influence of male sex and of parasitaemia detected by polymerase chain reaction.
| Autor: | Basquiera AL; Internal Medicine Training Programme, Department of Education, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina. anabasquiera@arnet.com.ar, Sembaj A, Aguerri AM, Omelianiuk M, Guzmán S, Moreno Barral J, Caeiro TF, Madoery RJ, Salomone OA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Heart (British Cardiac Society) [Heart] 2003 Oct; Vol. 89 (10), pp. 1186-90. |
| DOI: | 10.1136/heart.89.10.1186 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allows detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood throughout the course of Chagas' disease. Objective: To determine whether T cruzi DNA detected by PCR is associated with progression to chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: A tertiary care centre in Argentina. Patients: 56 consecutive patients with chronic T cruzi infection. Methods: Clinical examination, ECG, and Doppler echocardiography were carried out at baseline and at the end of the follow up. Detection of T cruzi DNA by PCR amplifying a nuclear sequence was undertaken in all patients at baseline. Main Outcome Measures: Progression was defined as death from chronic cardiomyopathy or the presence of a new ECG or left ventricular echocardiographic abnormality at the end of follow up. Results: The 56 patients (21 male, 35 female; mean (SD) age, 56.0 (11.3) years) were followed for a mean 936.3 (244.39) days. Progression to cardiomyopathy was detected in 12 patients (21.4%). Three of these patients died after baseline evaluation. Univariate analysis showed that a positive PCR (relative risk 4.09, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.60 to 9.85) and male sex (5.00, 95% CI 1.65 to 15.73) were associated with progression. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that both sex and PCR were independent variables affecting the outcome. Conclusions: In a cohort of seropositive individuals, patients with T cruzi DNA detected by PCR and male patients were at higher risk of progression. These results highlight the importance of T cruzi in the pathophysiology of chronic cardiomyopathy. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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