Paciente com cardiopatia chagásica crônica, esquistossomose hepatoesplênica e síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida: possível resolução espontânea de trombo no ventrículo direito

Abstract

The presence of right-sided cardiac thrombi seems to increase the risk of death due to thromboembolic events. There is a discrepancy, however, between the prevalence of cardiac thrombus and clinical thromboembolic events. Besides, the individual characteristics associated with a high risk of mortality have not been established. We present here a case report of a patient with mansonic schistosomiasis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and chronic Chagas disease, who presents with a large thrombus in the right ventricle. The patient had uneventful evolution without any thromboembolic complications with resolution of right-ventricle thrombus.

Evaluation of right ventricular function by Doppler tissue imaging of the tricuspid annulus in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome

“…Similarly, the technique is more direct and accurate than pulsed Doppler or the M-mode in assessing right ventricular function by the flow of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves or by the change of right ventricle volume. At present, there are a limited number of studies on the determination of right ventricular function in HIV-positive individuals using DTI (17). …”