The mechanism of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) is mostly due to sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. The clinical guidelines for the therapeutic management of this set of patients are mostly based on left ventricular ejection fraction value which has a low specificity to differentiate the risk of SCD from the risk of mortality associated with heart failure or other comorbidities. Moreover, since SCD can occur in patients with normal or mildly depressed ejection fraction, it is necessary to identify new markers to improve the prognostic stratification of SCD. Several studies that analyzed the ventricular arrhythmia substrate found that myocardial fibrosis plays an important role in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with NIDCM. The surrounding zone of the area of fibrosis is a heterogeneous medium, where tissue with different levels of fibrosis coexists, resulting in both viable and nonviable myocardium. This myocardial fibrosis may constitute a substrate for ventricular arrhythmias, where slow and heterogeneous conduction may favor the genesis of reentry mechanism increasing the chance to develop sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Therefore, the evaluation of ventricular fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has been suggested as an indicator for SCD risk stratification. Indeed, LGE in patients with NIDCM is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and SCD. Detection of myocardial fibrosis as LGE by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can be considered as a useful pathway of prediction of malignant ventricular arrhythmias since it has excellent prognostic characteristics and may help guide risk stratification and management in patients with NIDCM.
Due to the lack of prospective, randomized, controlled clinical studies on inflammation and cardiovascular involvement, the exact mechanism of cardiac injury among patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) still remains uncertain. It was demonstrated that there is a high and significantly positive linear correlation between troponin T and plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels, biomarkers of cardiac injury and systemic inflammation, respectively. Cardiac injury and inflammation is a relatively common association among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and it is related to higher risk of in-hospital mortality. In our literature search, we identified several potential mechanisms of myocardial tissue damage, namely, coronavirus-associated acute myocarditis, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor binding affinity to the virus Spike protein, increased cytokine secretion, and hypoxia-induced cardiac myocyte apoptosis. Elucidation of the disease pathogenesis and prospective histopathological studies are crucial for future proper treatment in case of renewed outbreaks. Of interest is that with hundred of thousands of bodies available for autopsy studies, no prospective investigation has been reported so far. Strong efforts and continued research of the cardiovascular complications and identification of risk factors for poor prognosis in COVID-19 are steadily needed. The high morbidity and mortality of COVID-19, its monumental economic burden and social impact, the despair of a new pandemic outbreak, and the thread of potential utilization of novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 as biologic weapons make it a preponderant necessity to better comprehend the therapeutic management of this lethal disease. Emerging as an acute infectious disease, COVID-19 may become a chronic epidemic because of genetic recombination. Therefore, we should be ready for the reemergence of COVID-19 or other coronaviruses.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in middle-aged athletes. Physical exercise performed in a regular basis has been shown to be beneficial for cardiovascular health. Moderate physical exercise, aside from producing a nice, peaceful and well-being sensation, has been associated with a reduced risk of AF. However, more strenuous endurance exercise, like the one experiencing marathon runners, seems to increase the risk of AF in healthy athletes without organic heart disease. On the other hand, low physical activity was found to be a risk factor for the appearance of AF. Nevertheless, the relationship of exercise to AF is complex, influenced by the intensity and the duration of the physical activity, and seems to have a U-shaped relationship with the greatest levels of physical activity possibly increasing AF incidence. There is cumulative data associating moderate physical activity to reduced AF incidence, hence physicians should recommend moderate exercise training to patients with AF. This may not only reduce AF risk, but would also contribute to an overall cardiovascular benefit. However, since there is also important data suggesting significant increased incidence of AF in elite athletes with long-term endurance physical activity, it may be a serious concern to go to the extreme. In most things in life it is much better and wiser to be well balanced, always in equilibrium.
Cómo referenciar este artículo/ How to reference this article:Torales JM, Aquino NJ, García LB, Scavenius KE, Sequeira OR, Miño LM, Giménez MB, Centurión OA. Percepción de imagen corporal como factor condicionante del índice de masa corporal en médicos residentes del Hospital de Clínicas. Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud. 2018; 16(2): 79-83 R E S U M E NUno de los factores condicionantes del peso corporal es la percepción que la persona tiene de su imagen corporal. El objetivo fue conocer la percepción de imagen corporal según el índice de masa corporal (IMC) en 107 Médicos Residentes del Hospital de Clínicas.Se utilizó un diseño observacional descriptivo de corte transverso. Se exploraron las variables edad, sexo, circunferencia abdominal, peso, talla, IMC, percepción del peso corporal. La circunferencia abdominal fue de riesgo elevado en 37% de los varones y en 16% de las mujeres, de riesgo muy elevado en 13% de varones y en 29% de las mujeres (p=0,009). En cuanto al IMC la media fue de 25,7±4,6; estando en peso normal el 45% y en sobrepeso el 43%. Se encontró más mujeres con peso normal (63% vs 28%). Los varones presentan más sobrepeso (61% vs 28%) (p=0,0009). En cuanto a la percepción del peso corporal se perciben con obesidad 23%; con sobrepeso 47% y con peso normal 28%. Cruzando los datos con los IMC verdaderos, tenemos que el 43% no tiene la percepción real de acuerdo a su IMC. La concordancia en cuanto a IMC real y la percepción es del 63%. Casi la mitad de los residentes estudiados no tiene la percepción real de acuerdo a su IMC. La percepción de obesidad es mayor en mujeres que en hombres acorde a su IMC real. Se requiere de más investigaciones en referencia al tema aplicándolo a toda la población del hospital para crear medidas educativas de oportuna intervención en la salud del personal sanitario. Palabras clave: Percepción de imagen corporal, Médicos residentes, Índice de masa corporal. A B S T R A C TThe perception of their own body image that a person has is a conditioning factor of the body weight. We aimed to know the perception of body image assessing the body mass index (BMI) in 107 medical residents of the Clinical Hospital. We utilized a descriptive observational design to evaluate multiple variables like gender, age, abdominal diameter, weight, height, body mass index, and perception of body weight. The abdominal diameter was of high risk in 37% of males and 16% in females, and of very high risk in 13% of males and in 29% of females (p=0,009). The medium BMI was 25,7±4,6. There was a normal BMI in 45% of the subjects and overweight in 43%. There were more female with normal weight than male (63% vs 28%), and there were more overweight male than female (61% vs
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