Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Edema in Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy

Autor: Andrés Diaz, Juan José Diaztagle, Alejandro Olaya, Guillermo Mora, Ignacio López-Lima, Carolina Ayala, Gina P. P. Infante, Néstor Galizio, Frida T. Manrique, Julian F. Forero, Hector M. Medina, Josep Brugada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Cardiology Research and Practice, Vol 2019 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-8016
2090-0597
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6420364
Popis: The persistence of inflammatory processes in the myocardium in varying degrees of chronic Chagas heart disease has been poorly investigated. We hypothesized that edema could occur in patients with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy and corresponds to the persistence of inflammatory processes in the myocardium. Eighty-two Chagas disease (CD) seropositive patients (64.6% females; age = 58.9 ± 9.9) without ischemic heart disease or conditions that cause myocardial fibrosis and dilation were considered. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of edema were obtained and represented using a 17-segment model. Patients were divided into three clinical groups according to the left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) as G1 (EF > 60%; n=37), G2 (35% > EF 35% (p
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