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MULTIMODALITY IMAGING EVALUATION OF CHAGAS DISEASE: AN EXPERT CONSENSUS OF BRAZILIAN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING DEPARTMENT (DIC) AND THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING (EACVI)
Chagas cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography
Three-dimensional echocardiography
Speckle tracking echocardiography
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Radionuclide ventriculography
Myocardial sympathetic innervation
Author
Nunes, Maria Carmo P.
Badano, Luigi Paolo
Marin-Neto, J. Antonio
Edvardsen, Thor
Fernández-Golfín, Covadonga
Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara
Popescu, Bogdan A.
Underwood, Richard
Habib, Gilbert
Zamorano, Jose Luis
Saraiva, Roberto Magalhães
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Botoni, Fernando A.
Barbosa, Márcia Melo
Barros, Marcio Vinicius L.
Falqueto, Eduardo
Simões, Marcus Vinicius
Schmidt, André
Rochitte, Carlos Eduardo
Rocha, Manoel Otávio Costa
Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Badano, Luigi Paolo
Marin-Neto, J. Antonio
Edvardsen, Thor
Fernández-Golfín, Covadonga
Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara
Popescu, Bogdan A.
Underwood, Richard
Habib, Gilbert
Zamorano, Jose Luis
Saraiva, Roberto Magalhães
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira
Botoni, Fernando A.
Barbosa, Márcia Melo
Barros, Marcio Vinicius L.
Falqueto, Eduardo
Simões, Marcus Vinicius
Schmidt, André
Rochitte, Carlos Eduardo
Rocha, Manoel Otávio Costa
Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Affilliation
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
University of Padova. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences. Padova, Italy.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
University of Oslo. Oslo University Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Oslo, Norway.
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Department of Cardiology. Madrid, Spain.
University of Bristol. Bristol Heart Institute Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit. Bristol, UK / Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Unit. Bristol, UK.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’. Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases ‘Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu’. Department of Cardiology. Bucharest, Romania.
Royal Brompton Hospital. Department of non-invasive cardiac imaging. London, UK / Harefield Hospital. Department of non-invasive cardiac imaging. London, UK.
La Timone Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Marseille, France.
University Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares, Spain / Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Department of Cardiology. Madrid, Spain.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Department of Infectious Disease. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Hospital Felicio Rocho. Department of Cardiology. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Instituto do Coração. Department of Radiology. São Paulo, SP, Brazil / Universidade de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Hospital do Coração. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Associação do Sanatório Sírio. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
University of Liège Hospital. Heart Valve Clinic. GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences. Department of Cardiology. Liège, Belgium / CHU Sart Tilman. Liège, Belgium / Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research. Anthea Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Bari, Italy.
University of Padova. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences. Padova, Italy.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
University of Oslo. Oslo University Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Oslo, Norway.
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Department of Cardiology. Madrid, Spain.
University of Bristol. Bristol Heart Institute Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit. Bristol, UK / Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Unit. Bristol, UK.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’. Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases ‘Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu’. Department of Cardiology. Bucharest, Romania.
Royal Brompton Hospital. Department of non-invasive cardiac imaging. London, UK / Harefield Hospital. Department of non-invasive cardiac imaging. London, UK.
La Timone Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Marseille, France.
University Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares, Spain / Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Department of Cardiology. Madrid, Spain.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Department of Infectious Disease. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Hospital Felicio Rocho. Department of Cardiology. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
University de São Paulo. School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Department of Internal Medicine. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Instituto do Coração. Department of Radiology. São Paulo, SP, Brazil / Universidade de São Paulo. School of Medicine. Hospital do Coração. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Associação do Sanatório Sírio. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. School of Medicine. Hospital das Clınicas. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
University of Liège Hospital. Heart Valve Clinic. GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences. Department of Cardiology. Liège, Belgium / CHU Sart Tilman. Liège, Belgium / Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research. Anthea Hospital. Department of Cardiology. Bari, Italy.
Abstract
Aims: To develop a document by Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) to review and summarize the most recent evidences about the non-invasive assessment of patients with Chagas disease, with the intent to set up a framework for standardized cardiovascular imaging to assess cardiovascular morphologic and functional disturbances, as well as to guide the subsequent process of clinical decision-making. Methods and results: Chagas disease remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in Latin America, and has become a health problem in non-endemic countries. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most severe manifestation of Chagas disease, which causes substantial disability and early mortality in the socially most productive population leading to a significant economical burden. Prompt and correct diagnosis of Chagas disease requires specialized clinical expertise to
recognize the unique features of this disease. The appropriate and efficient use of cardiac imaging is pivotal for diagnosing the cardiac involvement in Chagas disease, to stage the disease, assess patients’ prognosis and address management. Echocardiography is the most common imaging modality used to assess, and follow-up patients with Chagas disease. The presence of echocardiographic abnormalities is of utmost importance, since it allows to stage patients according to disease progression. In early stages of cardiac involvement, echocardiography may demonstrate segmental left ventricuar wall motion abnormalities, mainly in the basal segments of inferior, inferolateral walls, and the apex, which cannot be attributed to obstructive coronary artery arteries. The prevalence of segmental wall motion abnormalities varies according to the stage of the disease, reaching about 50% in patients with left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction. Speckle tracking echocardiography allows a more precise and quantitative measurement of the regional myocardial function. Since segmental wall motion abnormalities are frequent in Chagas disease, speckle tracking echocardiography may have an important clinical application in these patients, particularly in the indeterminate forms when abnormalities are more subtle. Speckle tracking echocardiography can also quantify the heterogeneity of systolic contraction, which is associated with the risk of arrhythmic events. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is superior to conventional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography for assessing more accurately the left ventricular apex and thus to detect apical aneurysms and thrombus in patients in
whom ventricular foreshortening is suspected by 2D echocardiography. In addition, 3D echocardiography is more accurate than 2D Simpson s biplane rule for assessing left ventricular volumes and function in patients with significant wall motion abnormalities, including aneurysms with distorted ventricular geometry. Contrast echocardiography has the advantage to enhancement of left ventricular endocardial border, allowing for more accurate detection of ventricular aneurysms and thrombus in Chagas disease. Diastolic dysfunction is an important hallmark of Chagas disease even in its early phases. In general, left ventricular diastolic and systolic dysfunction coexist and isolated diastolic dysfunction is uncommon but may be present in patients with the indeterminate form. Right ventricular dysfunction may be detected early in the disease course, but in general, the clinical manifestations occur late at advanced stages of Chagas cardiomyopathy. Several echocardiographic parameters have been used to assess right ventricular function in Chagas disease, including qualitative evaluation, myocardial performance index, tissue Doppler imaging, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and speckle tracking strain. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is useful to assess global and regional left ventricular function in patients with Chagas diseases. Myocardial fibrosis is a striking feature of Chagas cardiomyopathy and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is used to detect and quantify the extension of myocardial fibrosis. Myocardial fibrosis might have a role in risk stratification of patients with Chagas disease. Limited data are available regarding right ventricular function assessed by CMR in Chagas disease.
Radionuclide ventriculography is used for global biventricular function assessment in patients with suspected or definite cardiac involvement in Chagas disease with suboptimal acoustic window and contraindication to CMR.
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy may improve risk stratification to define cardiac involvement in Chagas disease, especially in the patients with devices who cannot be submitted to CMR and in the clinical setting of Chagas patients whose main complaint is atypical chest pain. Detection of reversible ischemic defects predicts further deterioration of left ventricular systolic function and helps to avoid unnecessary cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography. Conclusion: Cardiac imaging is crucial to detect the cardiac involvement in patients with Chagas disease, stage the disease and stratify patient risk and address management. Unfortunately, most patients live in regions with limited access to imaging methods and point-of-care, simplified protocols, could improve the access of these remote populations to important information that could impact in the clinical management of the disease. Therefore, there are many fields for further research in cardiac imaging in Chagas disease. How to better provide an earlier diagnosis of cardiac involvement and improve patients risk stratification remains to be addressed using different images modalities.
Keywords
Chagas diseaseChagas cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography
Three-dimensional echocardiography
Speckle tracking echocardiography
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Radionuclide ventriculography
Myocardial sympathetic innervation
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