Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Edema in Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of Chagas heart disease in patients with cardiac edema.
ā
Edema()
Nonedema()
value
Age
53.8 (SD 12.9)
59.4 (SD 9.5)
0.12
BMI
27.9 (SD 4.3)
26.1 (SD 4.3)
0.25
Socioeconomic
1.75 (SD 0.9)
2.07 (SD 1.0)
0.39
Female (%)
6 (75.0)
47 (63.5)
0.79
Blood pressure (%)
3 (37.5)
36 (51.4)
0.71
Type 2 diabetes (%)
1 (12.5)
11 (15.7)
0.99
DLP (%)
10 (16.9)
6 (24.0)
0.29
Smoking (%)
1 (12.5)
2 (2.9)
0.71
NYHA
1.8 (SD 0.5)
1.4 (SD 0.5)
0.12
CMR
FEVI
45.6 (SD 15.4)
54.6 (SD 14.6)
0.10
LGE (%)
8 (100)
40 (54.1)
0.03
FEVD
51.1 (SD 5.9)
54.5 (SD 10.2)
0.36
LV telediastolic volume
178.0 (SD 78.3)
151.0 (SD 58.3)
0.23
LV telediastolic volume index
104.0 (SD 51.6)
85.3 (SD 32.3)
0.15
LV telesystolic volume
118.0 (SD 79.4)
74.2 (SD 56.7)
0.04
LV telesystolic volume index
69.6 (SD 50.1)
41.4 (SD 31.6)
0.03
VD telediastolic volume
142.0 (SD 23.7)
127.0 (SD 43.9)
0.34
VD telediastolic volume index
81.0 (SD 10.4)
71.1 (SD 22.0)
0.21
VD telesystolic volume
66 (SD 17.2)
58.2 (SD 30.2)
0.47
VD telesystolic volume index
39.0 (SD 7.6)
33.4 (SD 15.6)
0.31
LGE
Transmural (%)
3 (37.5)
12 (16.2)
0.32
Midwall (%)
7 (87.5)
24 (32.4)
0.01
Subendocardic (%)
2 (25.0)
15 (20.3)
0.99
Subepicardic (%)
7 (87.5)
12 (16.2)
0.00
Basal (%)
7 (87.5)
27 (67.5)
0.47
Septal (%)
2 (25.0)
8 (20.0)
0.99
Mesial (%)
1 (12.5)
16 (40.0)
0.28
Apical (%)
4 (50.0)
17 (42.5)
0.99
Laboratory
Creatinine
0.9 (SD 0.2)
0.9 (SD 0.2)
0.93
BUN
20.5 (SD 6.9)
17.2 (SD 8.1)
0.40
Continuous variables are expressed as mean (SD, standard deviation). Categorical variables are expressed as number of patients(%). āSignificant difference between cardiac edema and nonedema patients.
