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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Regional myocardial perfusion disturbance in experimental chronic chagas cardiomyopathy
Autor(es): Luciano Fonseca Lemos de Oliveira
James Thackeray
José Antônio Marin Neto
Minna Moreira Dias Romano
Eduardo Elias Vieira de Carvalho
Jorge Mejia
Denise Mayumi Tanaka
Grace Kelly da Silva
Douglas Reis Abdalla
Carlos Malamut
Frank Bengel
Maria de Lourdes Higuchi
André Schmidt
Edécio Cunha Neto
Marcus Vinicius Simões
Resumo: Altered myocardial perfusion is a common finding in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), but its underlying histologic changes have not been elucidated. We investigated the occurrence of myocardial perfusion defects (MPDs) and the correlated regional changes to histology in an experimental model of CCC in hamsters. Methods: Female Syrian hamsters (n = 34) were infected with 3.5 × 104 to 105 trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, Y strain, and 6–10 mo afterward underwent in vivo imaging including resting 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT, segmental and global left ventricular function assessment using 2-dimensional echocardiography, and 18F-FDG PET for evaluation of myocardial viability. Histologic analysis included quantification of fibrosis, inflammatory infiltration, and the diameter and density of myocardial microcirculation. Results: MPDs were present in 17 (50%) of the infected animals. Histologic analysis revealed no transmural scar in segments with an MPD, and normal or mildly reduced 18F-FDG uptake, indicating viable myocardium. Infected animals with an MPD, in comparison to infected animals without an MPD and control animals, showed a lower left ventricular ejection fraction (P = 0.012), a higher wall motion score index (P = 0.004), and a higher extent of inflammatory infiltration (P = 0.018) but a similar extent of fibrosis (P = 0.15) and similar microvascular diameter and density (P > 0.05). Segments with an MPD (n = 65), as compared with normally perfused regions in the same animal (n = 156), showed a higher wall motion score index (P = 0.005) but a similar extent of inflammatory infiltration, a similar extent of fibrosis, and a similar microvascular diameter and density. Conclusion: Resting MPDs are frequent in experimental CCC and are associated with myocardial inflammation but do not designate scar tissue, corresponding to regions with metabolically viable myocardium.
Assunto: Cardiomiopatia chagásica
Reperfusão miocárdica
Miocardite
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Restrito
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.205450
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/47881
Data do documento: Set-2018
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/59/9/1430.long
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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