The importance of exercise gated blood pool imaging in Chagas Disease
Myocardial involvement in Chagas Disease (CD) often leads to cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Patients (pts) with the indeterminate form (IF) have positive complement fixation test as the only abnormality. Cardiac form (CF) pts have positive serology, abnormal ECG with or without clinical symptoms. To investigate the degree of cardiac involvement in IF pts, exercise (handgrip) gated blood pool (EGBP) was performed on 77 CD male workers (46 IF, 17-50 yrs; 31 CF, 24-61 yrs) and 28 male (22-46 yrs) normal volunteers (NV). Regional wall motion (RWM), ventricular volumes (VV) and percent EF variation (..delta..%) were analysed. NV group shoed ..delta..% - 3.51 +- 4.86 with normal RWM and VV. IF pts showed ..delta..% - 4.27 +- 7.46 with >-10% drop in 22% of pts; RWM and VV were abnormal in 43% and 30%, respectively; at least one parameter was abnormal in 59% of pts. CF pts showed ..delta..%-10.52 +- 7.37 with >-10% drop in 59%; RWM and VV were abnormal in 79% and 83%, respectively; at least one parameter was abnormal in 86% of pts. No ..delta..% difference was found between NV and IF groups, but there was a significant difference between these two groups and CF pts. When EGBP is considered, only 41% of IF pts are normal. Also, 14% CF pts with ECG and serologic abnormalities have no cardiac dysfunction. This suggests that EGBP study should be included as a routine procedure in CD pts and used as a basis for a new classification of the disease.
- Research Organization:
- The Heart Institute, Sao Paulo Univ., Sao Paulo
- OSTI ID:
- 6780956
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840619-
- Journal Information:
- J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 25:5; ISSN JNMEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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