Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Edema in Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of Chagas heart disease patients classified by groups.
Total
Group 1FE > 60%
Group 260% < FE > 35%
Group 3FE < 35%
value
Age (years)
58.9 (SD 9.9)
57.6 (SD 11.0)
58.8 (SD 9.1)
63.0 (SD 7.7)
0.13
BMI
26.2 (SD 4.3)
26.7 (SD 3.9)
26.0 (SD 4.3)
25.6 (SD 5.7)
0.38
Socioeconomic
2.0 (SD 1.0)
2.25 (SD 1.0)
1.42 (SD 0.99)
1.4 (SD 0.7)
0.02
Female (%)
53 (64.6)
30 (81.0)
18 (54.5)
5 (41.7)
0.013
Blood pressure (%)
39 (47.6)
18 (50.0)
12 (40.0)
9 (75.0)
0.12
Type 2 diabetes (%)
7 (8.9)
4 (11.1)
2 (6.7)
1 (8.3)
0.82
DLP (%)
12 (15.4)
8 (22.2)
2 (6.7)
2 (16.7)
0.22
Smoking (%)
3 (3.8)
0 (0)
2 (6.7)
1 (8.33)
0.25
NYHA
1.5 (SD 0.5)
1.4 (SD 0.5)
1.4 (SD 0.6)
1.7 (SD 0.4)
0.19
CMR
LGE (%)
48 (58.5)
16 (43.2)
21 (63.6)
11 (91.7)
0.01❖
FEVD
54.2 (SD 9.8)
58.6 (SD 5.5)
55.0 (SD 6.8)
38.2 (SD 11.6)
0.01❖
LV telediastolic volume
153.2 (SD 60.5)
123.0 (SD 32.1)
149.0 (SD 39.7)
256 (SD 67.2)
0.01❖⦿
LV telediastolic volume index
87.1 (SD 34.7)
70.9 (SD 16.9)
82.5 (SD 24.7)
150.6 (SD 29.8)
0.01❖
LV telesystolic volume
78.5 (SD 60.1)
43.5 (SD 14.1)
74.5 (SD 33.0)
197.0 (SD 57.0)
0.01❖⦿
LV telesystolic volume index
44.2 (SD 35.8)
24.3 (SD 7.6)
41.0 (SD 20.1)
114.0 (SD 26.5)
0.01❖⦿
LV mass
105.4 (SD 40.6)
87.7 (SD 19.7)
98.5 (SD 25.5)
163.0 (SD 54.7)
0.01❖
LV mass index
57.9 (SD 21.3)
49.2 (SD 13.4)
53.0 (SD 15.3)
89.7 (SD 20.0)
0.01❖
VD telediastolic volume
128.1 (SD 42.4)
122.0 (SD 35.3)
132.0 (SD 41.9)
136.0 (SD 62.1)
0.48
VD telediastolic volume index
72.1 (SD 21.3)
69.5 (SD 18.1)
73.1 (SD 24.1)
77.4 (SD 23.0)
0.51
VD telesystolic volume
58.9 (SD 29.2)
49.8 (SD 16.1)
60.2 (SD 27.0)
83.9 (SD 48.4)
0.01❖
VD telesystolic volume index
33.9 (SD 15.1)
28.5 (SD 8.3)
34.8 (SD 16.0)
48.2 (SD 19.5)
0.01❖
LGE
Transmural (%)
15 (31.2)
3 (18.7)
8 (38.1)
4 (41.6)
0.41
Subendocardic (%)
27 (56.2)
7 (43.7)
10 (47.6)
10 (90.9)
0.03❖
Subepicardic (%)
26 (54.2)
7 (43.7)
14 (66.7)
5 (45.4)
0.31
Midwall (%)
41 (85.4)
12 (75.0)
20 (95.2)
9 (81.8)
0.21
Basal segments (%)
35 (72.9)
10 (62.5)
18 (85.7)
7 (63.6)
0.21
Apical segments (%)
21 (43.7)
6 (37.5)
7 (33.3)
8 (72.7)
0.08
Midcavity segments (%)
18 (37.5)
4 (25.0)
7 (33.3)
7 (63.7)
0.11
Laboratory
Creatinine
0.9 (SD 0.2)
0.84 (SD 0.2)
0.89 (SD 0.2)
1.1 (SD 0.3)
0.00❖
BUN
17.6 (SD 7.9)
16.2 (SD 5.6)
18.5 (SD 8.3)
19.4 (SD 11.6)
0.34
Continuous variables are expressed as mean (SD, standard deviation). Categorical variables are expressed as the number of patients (%). BMI: body mass index; NYHA FC: New York Heart Association functional class. Post hoc comparisons between groups were not statistically significant otherwise indicated ⦿: significant difference between G2 and G1; : significant difference between G3 and G1; ❖: significant difference between G3 and G2. Obtained from http://www.pmod.com/files/download/v34/doc/pcardp/3615.htm.
