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Minerva Cardioangiol ; 40(3): 97-103, 1992 Mar.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1630681

RESUMO

To value stress tolerance and stress myocardial perfusion before and after a week of oral therapy with gallopamil 150 mg daily, we studied 10 patients suffering from stable effort angina. We performed bicycle exercise stress testing and thallium scintigraphy (Tl) with planar technique in 3 projections (anterior-posterior and oblique left anterior at 45 and 70 degrees) according to the current standards. We valued systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP-DBP), heart rate (HR) and HR-SBP product at rest, at symptoms stress-induced and at the end of the procedure. Moreover we valued work threshold of chest discomfort and ischemia, the maximal work capacity and the perfusion defects according to a Tl score obtained dividing the 3 projections in 5 segments and fixing a value according to the observed perfusion from 0 = normal perfusion to 3 absent perfusion. We observed a significant reduction of basal HR (77 vs 71, p = 0.05), SBP (147 +/- 15 vs 131 +/- 15 mmHg, p = 0.001), DBP (91 +/- 6 vs 83 +/- 6 mmHg, p = 0.002). Work threshold of chest discomfort and ischemia significantly arose (8 +/- 3 vs 11 +/- 4 min., p = 0.002; 6 +/- 3 vs 10 +/- 4 min., p = 0.001). The HR-SBP product at the maximal work capacity and the Tl score significant decreased (31650 +/- 6239 vs 29406 +/- 5418, p = 0.003; 8 +/- 2 vs 5 +/- 1, p = 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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Angina Pectoris/tratamento farmacológico , Circulação Coronária/efeitos dos fármacos , Galopamil/farmacologia , Esforço Físico/efeitos dos fármacos , Adulto , Idoso , Angina Pectoris/diagnóstico por imagem , Angina Pectoris/fisiopatologia , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Circulação Coronária/fisiologia , Avaliação de Medicamentos , Teste de Esforço , Feminino , Galopamil/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esforço Físico/fisiologia , Cintilografia , Radioisótopos de Tálio
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Minerva Cardioangiol ; 44(4): 187-95, 1996 Apr.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8767600

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Unstable angina implies high risk of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Increased levels of cytoplasmatic enzymes and proteins (creatine phosphokinase, MB creatine phosphokinase troponin T, etc.) were described in unstable angina, providing information about incoming major coronary events. Cardiac troponin I (cTn-I) is a structural protein inhibiting the actinomyosine ATPase; it is only found in myocardial cells. Serum titration of cTn-I has been recently introduced into clinical practice as a sensitive and specific marker of myocardial cellular necrosis. OBJECTIVES: The aim of our prospective study was to assess the presence of cTn-I in blood samples of patients with unstable angina and no signs of myocardial necrosis. Furthermore we intended to test the possible use of cTn-I in unstable angina as a prognostic marker of major coronary events on short and middle term. METHODS: We studied 33 consecutive patients admitted to our CCU for unstable angina. According to unstable angina Braunwald's classification, 6 patients were included in the first class, 4 patients in the second class and 23 patients in the third class. We excluded patients with acute or recent myocardial infarction. Blood samples of all patients were obtained at the time of CCU admission and every eight hours in the first and second day. Serum cTn-I titration was performed with the sandwich immunoenzymometric method, recently introduced by Diagnostic Pasteur. Two months follow-up was carried out in order to survey major coronary events and revascularization procedures, either angioplasty or coronary artery bypass surgery. RESULTS: No patients with unstable angina exhibited cTn-I in their blood samples; accordingly, cTn-I was not found in the first blood sample of a patient who underwent myocardial infarction during hospitalization. During the follow-up 2 patients died of myocardial infarction, 9 patients had surgical revascularization and 5 patients angioplasty. CONCLUSIONS: CTn-I is a sensitive and specific marker of myocardial necrosis. It is not found in patients with unstable angina; therefore it has no role as a prognostic marker of major coronary events.


Assuntos
Angina Instável/sangue , Troponina/sangue , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angina Instável/diagnóstico , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Feminino , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Troponina I
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Cardiologia ; 34(1): 21-6, 1989 Jan.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2720710

RESUMO

Electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of apical myocardial infarction are still debated. Aim of the present study is to evaluate if there is an electrocardiographic pattern useful in the diagnosis of apical AMI using biplane ventriculography as "gold standard" technique. For this reason, we studied 75 patients at the first AMI with a-dyskinesis in the apical zone on biplane ventriculography (segments 3 and 7 according with CASS nomenclature). By the means of ventriculography we have selected 2 groups: a first group of 19 patients with a-dyskinesis confined to apical zone and a second group of 56 patients with a-dyskinesis in the apical zone and surrounding regions. In the 2 groups we found different electrocardiographic changes. In the first group (a-dyskinesis in the apical zone only) we found the ECG pattern of anterior AMI in 14 (73.7%), antero-inferior AMI in 2 (10.5%), antero-lateral AMI in 1 (5.3%) and inferior-posterior AMI in 2 patients (10.5%), respectively; in the second group (a-dyskinesis in the apical and surrounding zones) we observed 31 (55.4%) anterior, 7 (12.5%) antero-lateral, 7 (12.5%) antero-inferior and 11 (19.6%) inferior-posterior myocardial infarctions. Our study did not allow to recognize a "typical" ECG pattern associated with the "apical" infarction seen at ventriculography.


Assuntos
Eletrocardiografia , Infarto do Miocárdio/diagnóstico , Feminino , Ventrículos do Coração , Humanos , Cinetocardiografia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes
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G Ital Cardiol ; 26(9): 1013-23, 1996 Sep.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9036039

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to ascertain the incidence of altered serum cardiac Troponin-T (cTnT) and cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) in patients with unstable angina, the concordance between findings for the two proteins, their release kinetics and their utility in predicting coronary events. METHODS: We studied 32 consecutive patients (pts) admitted to the Coronary Unit with a diagnosis of unstable angina; following Braunwald classification criteria, 5 pts were in class I, 4 class II, 23 class III. A blood sample was taken on admission to hospital and subsequently every 8 hours for two days, a total of 7 samples being obtained per pt. Cardiac-TnT values ranging from 0-0.17 mugr/L (Boehringer Mannheim) were considered normal, as were cTnI values ranging from 0 to 0.7 mugr/L (Stratus-Dade). RESULTS: Among 218 samples, altered cTnT values (0.18-0.68 mugr/L) were found in 19 (3 pts), and 13 of these samples were positive for cTnI (0.8-5.5 mugr/L), while the remaining 6 showed borderline values for cTnI (0.5-0.7 mugr/L). No cTnT negative samples were found to be positive for cTnI. The release kinetics of cTnT and cTnI were comparable in all three cases, with a "plateau" pattern, unlike the kinetics in the course of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The mean follow-up was 13 months on average (range 1-19). In two pts with altered cTnT and cTnI values, symptoms were controlled with medical therapy, while the remaining patient failed to respond to medical therapy and therefore underwent PTCA. Fifteen months later, they are alive and have not had myocardial infarction. Of the 29 pts with normal cTnT and cTnI values, three developed AMI, which in two cases was fatal. Seven pts were submitted PTCA, seven to aorto-coronary bypass surgery, two were subsequently rehospitalized for a recurrent angina symptoms. In 13 pts complete control of symptoms was achieved with medical therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that the incidence of altered cTnT and cTnI values in pts with unstable angina is low; there is close agreement between findings for the two proteins; in cases of angina, the cTnT and cTnI release kinetics are different from those in AMI. The finding of altered cTnT and cTnI values in the serum of our pts with unstable angina does not appear to be of prognostic value for future coronary events.


Assuntos
Angina Instável/sangue , Biomarcadores/sangue , Troponina I/sangue , Troponina/sangue , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angina Instável/terapia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Incidência , Cinética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infarto do Miocárdio/sangue , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Resultado do Tratamento , Troponina/metabolismo , Troponina I/metabolismo , Troponina T
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