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Archivos de cardiología de México
versión On-line ISSN 1665-1731versión impresa ISSN 1405-9940
Resumen
GONZALEZ-ZAMBRANO, Héctor; AMAYA-TAPIA, Gerardo; FRANCO-RAMOS, María C. y LEON-MURGUIA, Oscar J. López. Prevalence of Chagas heart disease in dilated cardiomyopathy. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2021, vol.91, n.1, pp.50-57. Epub 09-Mar-2021. ISSN 1665-1731. https://doi.org/10.24875/acm.20000042.
Objectives:
The main objective is to determine the prevalence of American trypanosomiasis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy in a tertiary hospital in western Mexico.
Methods:
From January 1991 to February 2016, 387 consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy were included in the study. Cases with ventricular dilatation secondary to ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, pericardial disease, or congenital heart disease were excluded from the study. Diagnosis was made detecting antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi with two different methods or parasite in blood.
Results:
Were included 387 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, Chagas cardiomyopathy was confirmed in 6.9%, two patients in the acute phase (in one, suspected transfusion transmission was detected). Most patients were born in rural areas. About 96.2% showed congestive heart failure, only one patient with apical left ventricular aneurysm manifested palpitations. About 66% with right bundle branch block, left anterior fascicular block, or the association of both, in 14.8%, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia was found.
Conclusions:
Chagas cardiomyopathy is common in México, mainly in people who were born or lived during childhood in rural areas. It is a common cause of heart failure. Chagas heart disease should be suspected in patients receiving a blood transfusion, even without another epidemiological history.
Palabras llave : Chagas heart disease; Dilated cardiomyopathy; American trypanosomiasis.