O coração em portadores do vírus da hepatite C: avaliação Dopplerecocardiográfica

Abstract

objective: To evaluate possible cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients chronically infected with the Hepatitis C virus using Doppler echocardiography.Methods: Control-case observational study analyzing Doppler echocardiographic parameters of 31 patients with chronic hepatitis C, in a non-advanced stage of the disease diagnosed through biopsy (without cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatic disfunction), and twenty control cases.Results: There were not statistically significant differences in relation to parietal thickening, cavity diameters, ejection fraction, circumferential shortening, mitral flow velocities and mitral annular systolic and diastolic tissue velocities between both groups studied. Conclusion:Individuals with hepatitis C on its initial stages did not show cardiac morphofunctional abnormalities in left ventricular Doppler echocardiography evaluation. key words: Doppler echocardiography, cardiomyopathy, hepatitis C virus.