Echocardiographic study of the coronary sinus in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Glauco André
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Anjos, Dalton Alexandre dos, Rodrigues, Flávia de Freitas, Anjos, Renata Fockink dos, Luckemeyer, Marcelo Barbosa Melo, Vasconcelos, Daniel França, Castro, Cleudson Nery de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UnB
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/33323; https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0462-2017
• topic: Coração - doenças; Ecocardiografia; Chagas, Doença de

INTRODUCTION: We investigated the occurrence of coronary sinus abnormalities in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease (CD). METHODS: Differences between the maximum and minimum diameters of the coronary sinus (∆%) on echocardiography were evaluated in individuals with the indeterminate form of CD (n=14) and those without (n=16) CD. The association of the difference with abnormalities detected by echocardiography and myocardial scintigraphy was assessed. RESULTS: The mean Δ% values did not differ significantly between the groups. There was no correlation of the measurements with echocardiographic and myocardial scintigraphy findings. CONCLUSIONS: The coronary sinus evaluation revealed no differences between the groups.