BACKGROUND: Non-invasive cardiological methods have been used for the identification of myocardial damage in Chagas disease. OBJECTIVE: To verify whether the rest/stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is able to identify early myocardial damage in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease. METHODS: Eighteen patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas Disease and the same number of normal controls, paired by sex and age, underwent rest/stress myocardial scintigraphy using sestamibi-99mTc, aiming at detecting early cardiac damage. RESULTS: The results did not show perfusion or ventricular function defects in patients at the indeterminate phase of Chagas disease and in the normal controls, except for a patient who presented signs of ventricular dysfunction in the myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with electrocardiographic gating. CONCLUSION: The results of this study, considering the small sample size, showed that the rest/stress myocardial scintigraphy using sestamibi-99mTc is not an effective method to detect early myocardial alterations in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease.
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive cardiological methods have been used for the identification of myocardial damage in Chagas disease. OBJECTIVE: To verify whether the rest/stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is able to identify early myocardial damage in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease. METHODS: Eighteen patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas Disease and the same number of normal controls, paired by sex and age, underwent rest/stress myocardial scintigraphy using sestamibi-99mTc, aiming at detecting early cardiac damage. RESULTS: The results did not show perfusion or ventricular function defects in patients at the indeterminate phase of Chagas disease and in the normal controls, except for a patient who presented signs of ventricular dysfunction in the myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with electrocardiographic gating. CONCLUSION: The results of this study, considering the small sample size, showed that the rest/stress myocardial scintigraphy using sestamibi-99mTc is not an effective method to detect early myocardial alterations in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease.
Authors: Felipe Araujo Campos; Mariana L Magalhães; Henrique Turin Moreira; Rafael B Pavão; Moyses O Lima Filho; Igor M Lago; André V Badran; João R A Chierice; André Schmidt; José Antonio Marin Neto Journal: Arq Bras Cardiol Date: 2020-12 Impact factor: 2.000
Authors: Rafael Brolio Pavão; Henrique Turin Moreira; Antonio Oswaldo Pintya; Jorge Luis Haddad; André Vannuchi Badran; Moysés de Oliveira Lima-Filho; Igor Matos Lago; João Reynaldo Abbud Chierice; André Schmidt; J Antonio Marin-Neto Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Date: 2021-11-12 Impact factor: 1.581