KAREN SAORI SHIRAISHI SAWAMURA
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Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
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- Heart function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: A biventricular two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study(2022) LIANZA, Alessandro C.; LEAL, Gabriela N.; AIKAWA, Nadia E.; KOZU, Katia T.; DINIZ, Maria De Fatima R.; SAWAMURA, Karen S. S.; MENEZES, Carolina R. B.; MARTINS, Camila Lino; CAMPOS, Lucia M.; ELIAS, Adriana M.; SILVA, Clovis A.Objectives We evaluated cardiac function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) and to assess possible associations with clinical, laboratorial, and treatment data. Methods A group of 42 JIA patients and 42 healthy controls were evaluated using both conventional echocardiography and 2DSTE. JIA patients underwent clinical and laboratory assessment. Results Conventional echocardiography data demonstrated normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction in both groups (71 vs. 71%; p = .69). 2DSTE analysis demonstrated that JIA patients presented significantly lower LV global systolic longitudinal strain (LVGLS) (-18.76 vs. -22%; p < .0001), LV systolic strain rate (LVSSR) (1.06 vs. 1.32 s(-1); p < .0001), LV diastolic strain rate (LVDSR) (1.58 vs. 1.8 s(-1); p < .0137), right ventricular global systolic strain (RVGLS) (-24.1% vs. -27.7%; p = .0002), and right ventricular systolic strain rate (RVSSR) (1.4 vs. 1.8 s(-1); p = .0035). JIA patients under biological agents presented higher LVGLS (p = .02) and RVLS (p = .01). We also detected an association between LVGLS and C-reactive protein [CRP; -20% in normal CRP (10/42) vs. -18% in elevated CRP patients (32/42), p = .03]. Conclusions JIA patients present different echocardiographic status from healthy patients. Moreover, our data suggest that JIA patients under biological agents present association with better cardiac function as shown by strain analysis.
- Segmental cardiac strain assessment by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in surviving MIS-c patients: Correlations with myocardial flow reserve (MFR) by 13 N-ammonia PET-CT(2022) LEAL, Gabriela Nunes; ASTLEY, Camila; LIMA, Marcos Santos; DINIZ, Maria de Fatima Rodrigues; LIANZA, Alessandro Cavalcanti; SAWAMURA, Karen Saori Shiraishi; MENEZES, Carolina Rocha Brito; SILVA, Camila Lino Martins Rodrigues da; BAIN, Vera; IMADA, Rodrigo; CHALELA, William; PEREIRA, Maria Fernanda Badue; MARQUES, Heloisa Helena de Sousa; BUCHPIGUEL, Carlos Alberto; GUALANO, Bruno; SILVA, Clovis ArturBackground Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-c) is associated with severe cardiovascular impairment and eventually death. Pathophysiological mechanisms involved in myocardial injury were scarcely investigated, and cardiovascular outcomes are uncertain. Autopsy studies suggested that microvascular dysfunction may be relevant to LV impairment. Objective We aimed to evaluate segmental LV longitudinal strain by 2DST echocardiography and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) by 13 N-ammonia PET-CT, in six surviving MIS-c patients. Methods Each patient generated 34 LV segments for combined 2DST and MRF analysis. MFR was considered abnormal when <2, borderline when between 2 and 2.5 and normal when >2.5. Results From July 2020 to February 2021, six patients were admitted with MIS-c: three males, aged 9.3 (6.6-15.7) years. Time from admission to the follow-up visit was 6.05 (2-10.3) months. Although all patients were asymptomatic and LV EF was >= 55%, 43/102 (42.1%) LV segments showed MFR r = .36, p = .03 for basal segments; r = .41, p = .022 for mid segments; r = .42, p = .021 for apical segments. Median peak systolic longitudinal strain was different among MRF categories: 18% (12%-24%) for abnormal, 18.5% (11%-35%) for borderline, and 21% (12%-32%) for normal MFR (p = .006). Conclusion We provided preliminary evidence that surviving MIS-c patients may present subclinical impairment of myocardial microcirculation. Segmental cardiac strain assessment 2DST seems useful for MIS-c cardiovascular follow-up, given its good correlation with 13 N-ammonia PET-CT derived MFR.
- Cardiac manifestations in pediatric COVID-19(2021) CAPUCHO, Ana Carolina Marques do Vale; RESENDE, Paola Laureza Silva; MASCARENHAS, Daniel Alves; SILVA, Camila Lino Martins Rodrigues da; SAWAMURA, Karen Saori Shiraishi; MENEZES, Carolina da Rocha Brito; DINIZ, Maria de Fatima Rodrigues; LIANZA, Alessandro Cavalcanti; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow de; SILVA, Clovis Artur Almeida da; LEAL, Gabriela Nunes