Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients
There are few studies reporting the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and disautonomia. We have evaluated the autonomic cardiovascular function in 12 patients with sensory small-fiber polyneuropathy infected by HCV. The mean age was 49...
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| author | Bruno Mattos Coutinho Eliane Bordalo Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento |
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| description | There are few studies reporting the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and disautonomia. We have evaluated the autonomic cardiovascular function in 12 patients with sensory small-fiber polyneuropathy infected by HCV. The mean age was 49±13 years old. The mean infection time was 9.6 years in six (50%) patients. Thermal and pinprick hypoesthesia was observed in distal legs in all patients. Autonomic symptoms were referred by eight (66.7%) patients. Among patients with abnormal autonomic cardiovascular test, five (41.7%) showed abnormal results in two or more tests. Valsalva maneuver was abnormal in seven (58.3%) patients. We can consider that there is an association of both parasympathetic and sympathetic efferent cardiovascular dysfunction in this group of patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c72d654f0b34e469701a686c657c9942022-12-22T00:57:00ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272013-08-0171853753910.1590/0004-282X20130074S0004-282X2013000800537Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patientsBruno Mattos CoutinhoEliane BordaloOsvaldo J. M. NascimentoThere are few studies reporting the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and disautonomia. We have evaluated the autonomic cardiovascular function in 12 patients with sensory small-fiber polyneuropathy infected by HCV. The mean age was 49±13 years old. The mean infection time was 9.6 years in six (50%) patients. Thermal and pinprick hypoesthesia was observed in distal legs in all patients. Autonomic symptoms were referred by eight (66.7%) patients. Among patients with abnormal autonomic cardiovascular test, five (41.7%) showed abnormal results in two or more tests. Valsalva maneuver was abnormal in seven (58.3%) patients. We can consider that there is an association of both parasympathetic and sympathetic efferent cardiovascular dysfunction in this group of patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000800537&lng=en&tlng=enhepatite Cdisautonomiapolineuropatia de fibras finas |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Mattos Coutinho Eliane Bordalo Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria hepatite C disautonomia polineuropatia de fibras finas |
| title | Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients |
| title_full | Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients |
| title_fullStr | Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients |
| title_short | Autonomic evaluation of hepatitis C virus infected patients |
| title_sort | autonomic evaluation of hepatitis c virus infected patients |
| topic | hepatite C disautonomia polineuropatia de fibras finas |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000800537&lng=en&tlng=en |
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