JOSE RODRIGUES PARGA FILHO
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/65, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/65, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Dipyridamole stress myocardial perfusion by computed tomography in patients with left bundle branch block(2015) CABEDA, Estevan Vieira; FALCAO, Andrea Maria Gomes; SOARES JR., Jose; ROCHITTE, Carlos Eduardo; NOMURA, Cesar Higa; AVILA, Luiz Francisco Rodrigues; PARGA, Jose RodriguesBackground: Functional tests have limited accuracy for identifying myocardial ischemia in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB). Objective: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of dipyridamole-stress myocardial computed tomography perfusion (CTP) by 320-detector CT in patients with LBBB using invasive quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) (stenosis >= 70%) as reference; to investigate the advantage of adding CTP to coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and compare the results with those of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Methods: Thirty patients with LBBB who had undergone SPECT for the investigation of coronary artery disease were referred for stress tomography. Independent examiners performed per-patient and per-coronary territory assessments. All patients gave written informed consent to participate in the study that was approved by the institution's ethics committee. Results: The patients' mean age was 62 +/- 10 years. The mean dose of radiation for the tomography protocol was 9.3 +/- 4.6 mSv. With regard to CTP, the per-patient values for sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy were 86%, 81%, 80%, 87%, and 83%, respectively (p = 0.001). The per-territory values were 63%, 86%, 65%, 84%, and 79%, respectively (p < 0.001). In both analyses, the addition of CTP to CTA achieved higher diagnostic accuracy for detecting myocardial ischemia than SPECT (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The use of the stress tomography protocol is feasible and has good diagnostic accuracy for assessing myocardial ischemia in patients with LBBB.
- Myocardial fibrosis detected by cardiac CT predicts ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia events in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy(2013) SHIOZAKI, Afonso Akio; SENRA, Tiago; ARTEAGA, Edmund; MARTINELLI FILHO, Martino; PITA, Cristiane Guedes; AVILA, Luis Francisco R.; PARGA FILHO, Jose Rodrigues; MADY, Charles; KALIL-FILHO, Roberto; BLUEMKE, David A.; ROCHITTE, Carlos EduardoBackground: Myocardial fibrosis (MF) occurs in up to 80% of subjects with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and can constitute an arrhythmogenic substrate for re-entrant, life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in predisposed persons. Objective: The aim was to investigate whether MF detected by delayed enhancement cardiac CT is predictive of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and fibrillation (VF) that require appropriate therapy by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with HCM. Methods: Twenty-six patients with HCM with previously (for at least 1 year) implanted ICD underwent MF evaluation by cardiac CT. MF was quantified by myocardial delayed enhanced cardiac CT. Data on ICD firing were recorded every 3 months after ICD implantation. Risk factors for sudden cardiac death in patients with HCM were evaluated in all patients. Results: MF was present in 25 of 26 patients (96%) with mean fibrosis mass of 20.5 +/- 15.8 g. Patients with appropriate ICD shocks for VF/VT had significantly greater MF mass than patients without (29.10 +/- 19.13 g vs 13.57 +/- 8.31 g; P = .01). For a MF mass of at least 18 g, sensitivity and specificity for appropriate ICD firing were 73% (95% CI, 49%-88%) and 71% (95% CI, 56%-81%), respectively. Kaplan-Meier curves indicated a significantly greater VF/VT event rate in patients with MF mass >= 18 g than in patients with MF <18 g (P = .02). In the Cox regression analysis, the amount of MF was independently associated with VF/VT in ICD-stored electrograms. Conclusion: The mass of MF detected by cardiac CT in patients with HCM at high risk of sudden death was associated with appropriate ICD firings.
- Assessment of myocardial infarction by CT angiography and cardiovascular MRI in patients with cocaine-associated chest pain: a pilot study(2012) PARASCHIN, K.; ANDRADE, A. Guerra De; PARGA, J. RodriguesObjectives: Cocaine is a commonly used illicit drug that leads to the most emergency department (ED) visits. Chest pain is the most common presentation, reported in 40% of patients. Our aim was to evaluate the incidence of previous myocardial infarction among young cocaine users (18-40 years) with cocaine-associated chest pain by the assessment of myocardial fibrosis by cardiovascular MRI. Second, we also intended to evaluate the coronary tree by CT angiography (CTA). Methods: 24 cocaine users (22 males) who frequently complained about cocaine-associated chest pain underwent CTA and cardiovascular MRI. Mean age of patients was 29.7 years and most of them (79%) had frequently used inhalatory cocaine. Results: The calcium score turned out to be positive in only one patient (Agatston=54). Among the coronary segments evaluated, only one patient had calcified plaques at the anterior descending coronary artery (proximal and medium segments). Assessment of regional ventricular function by the evaluation of 17 segments was normal in all patients. None of the patients showed myocardial delayed enhancement, indicative of myocardial fibrosis. CTA therefore confirmed the low cardiovascular risk of these patients, since most of them (96%) had no atherosclerosis detected by this examination. Only one patient (4%) had coronary atherosclerosis detected, without significant coronary stenosis. Conclusion: Cardiovascular MR did not detect the presence of delayed enhancement indicative of myocardial fibrosis among young cocaine users with low cardiovascular risk who had complained of cocaine-associated chest pain.
- Exercise-Induced Decrease in Myocardial High-Energy Phosphate Metabolites in Patients With Chagas Heart Disease(2013) LEME, Ana Maria Betim Paes; SALEMI, Vera Maria Cury; WEISS, Robert G.; PARGA, Jose Rodrigues; IANNI, Barbara Maria; MADY, Charles; KALIL-FILHO, RobertoBackground: The influence of exercise on cardiac metabolic response in patients with Chagas disease is incompletely understood. Methods and Results: Changes in cardiac energetic metabolism were investigated in Chagas disease patients before and during isometric handgrip exercise with P-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Twenty-eight patients (10 with systolic dysfunction: group I; 10 with normal systolic function and electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities: group II; and 8 asymptomatic without ECG abnormalities: group III) and 8 healthy control subjects (group C) were evaluated by electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, functional tests for coronary artery disease, and image-selected localized cardiac P-31-MRS. The myocardial phosphocreatine to [beta-phosphate]adenosine triphosphate ratio (PCr/beta-ATP) was measured at rest and during isometric handgrip exercise. Exercise testing or 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy were negative for myocardial ischemia in all individuals. At rest, cardiac PCr/beta-ATP was decreased in all Chagas groups (1.23 +/- 0.37) versus group C (1.88 +/- 0.08; P < .001) and was lower in group I (0.89 +/- 0.24) versus groups II (1.44 +/- 0.23) and III (1.40 +/- 0.37; P < .001). There was no stress-induced change in cardiac PCr/beta-ATP (1.88 +/- 0.08 at rest vs 1.89 +/- 0.08 during exercise; P = NS) in group C. Mean cardiac PCr/beta-ATP was 0.89 +/- 0.24 and 0.56 +/- 0.21 at rest and during exercise, respectively, in group I (37% decrease; P < .001). In group II, PCr/beta-ATP was 1.44 +/- 0.23 at rest and 0.97 +/- 0.37 during exercise (33% decrease; P < .001). In group III, PCr/beta-ATP was 1.40 +/- 0.37 at rest and 0.60 +/- 0.19 during exercise (57% decrease; P < .001). Conclusions: Myocardial high-energy phosphates are reduced at rest in Chagas heart disease patients, and the reduction is greater in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Regardless of left ventricular function, Chagas patients exhibit an exercise-induced decline in cardiac high-energy phosphates consistent with myocardial ischemia, suggesting the possibility that this metabolic approach may offer a tool to probe new interventions in Chagas disease patients.