Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease
Invasive and noninvasive methods used to evaluate ventricular function in Chagas's disease are reviewed. The traditional indices of overall ventricular performance reflect interaction of preload, contractility, afterload and heart rate. Therefore, they are unable to distinguish changes in contr...
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| author | Benedito Carlos Maciel Oswaldo César de Almeida Filho André Schmidt José Antonio Marin-Neto |
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| description | Invasive and noninvasive methods used to evaluate ventricular function in Chagas's disease are reviewed. The traditional indices of overall ventricular performance reflect interaction of preload, contractility, afterload and heart rate. Therefore, they are unable to distinguish changes in contractility from modifications of loading conditions. The role of ventricular function as a predictor of mortality in chronic Chagas' heart disease is discussed. Ventricular function abnormalities in patients with indeterminate and digestive forms of Chagas' disease are especially emphasized. Finally, the evidence of early impairment of diastolic performance in patients with Chagas' disease is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ba70da2b328449e9120013a3d93873a2022-12-21T20:08:59ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460113281482010.1590/S1516-31801995000200012S1516-31801995000200012Ventricular function in Chagas' heart diseaseBenedito Carlos Maciel0Oswaldo César de Almeida Filho1André Schmidt2José Antonio Marin-Neto3Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloInvasive and noninvasive methods used to evaluate ventricular function in Chagas's disease are reviewed. The traditional indices of overall ventricular performance reflect interaction of preload, contractility, afterload and heart rate. Therefore, they are unable to distinguish changes in contractility from modifications of loading conditions. The role of ventricular function as a predictor of mortality in chronic Chagas' heart disease is discussed. Ventricular function abnormalities in patients with indeterminate and digestive forms of Chagas' disease are especially emphasized. Finally, the evidence of early impairment of diastolic performance in patients with Chagas' disease is presented.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801995000200012&lng=en&tlng=enChagas' diseaseVentricular function |
| spellingShingle | Benedito Carlos Maciel Oswaldo César de Almeida Filho André Schmidt José Antonio Marin-Neto Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease São Paulo Medical Journal Chagas' disease Ventricular function |
| title | Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease |
| title_full | Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease |
| title_fullStr | Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease |
| title_short | Ventricular function in Chagas' heart disease |
| title_sort | ventricular function in chagas heart disease |
| topic | Chagas' disease Ventricular function |
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