MIRELLA ESMANHOTTO FACIN SAMESIMA
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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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- Contribution of the vectorcardiogram in the differential diagnosis of Brugada electrocardiographic pattern(2022) MADALOSO, Bruna A.; SAMESIMA, Nelson; TOBIAS, Nancy M. M. O.; TAVARES, Caio A. M.; FILHO, Horacio G. Pereira; FACIN, Mirella E.; PASTORE, C. A.Background: The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a powerful tool for differential diagnosis among a group of pathologies with different therapeutic approaches/prognoses, the so-called J-wave syndrome. The vectorcardiogram (VCG) can be used as a complementary method to the ECG in several dubious electrocardiographic alterations. Objective: We carried out a VCG analysis alter conceiving and measuring a novel parameter (JT-distance) that allows diagnosis of the Brugada ECG pattern. Methods: A retrospective cohort study selected ninety-six ECGs with J-point elevation in V-1/V-2, ECG superior leads and VCGs, all performed on the same day. A new VCG measurement by Frank method (IT-distance) was conceived and designed in transverse and right sagittal planes by 3 lines drawn 1) at the final third of the QRS loop, comprehending the J-point; 2) at the initial portion of the T loop; 3) a parallel of the J-point line at the beginning of the T loop. JT measure was determined by the distance between parallels. A validation cohort was established in a new sample of thirty-five patients. Results: JT-distance >= 1.5 mm (tranverse plane) and JT-distance >1.25 mm, in the sagittal plane, differentiated Brugada type-1 from Brugada type-2, early repolarization and others, with 95% sensitivity and 68% specificity. JT-distance <1.5 mm (transverse plane) and JT >1.25 mm (sagittal plane) had 100% sensitivity and 85% specificity for Brugada type-1 diagnosis. A validation cohort showed very similar Cohen's kappa levels (0.65 and 0.77, test and validation cohorts, respectively), with overlapping 95% confidence intervals. Conclusions: The novel vectorcardiogram measurement (JT-distance) presented a new diagnostic criterion to identify Brugada pattern. Nevertheless, prospective studies should be performed by other centers to confirm these findings.
- Brazilian Society of Cardiology Guidelines on the Analysis and Issuance of Electrocardiographic Reports-2022(2022) SAMESIMA, Nelson; GOD, Epotamenides Good; KRUSE, Jose Claudio Lupi; LEAL, Marcelo Garcia; PINHO, Claudio; FRANCA, Francisco Faustino de A. C.; PIMENTA, Joao; CARDOSO, Acacio Fernandes; PAIXAO, Adail; FONSECA, Alfredo; PEREZ-RIERA, Andres R.; RIBEIRO, Antonio Luiz Pinho; MADALOSO, Bruna Affonso; LUNA FILHO, Braulio; OLIVEIRA, Carlos Alberto Rodrigues de; GRUPI, Cesar Jose; MOREIRA, Dalmo Antonio Ribeiro; KAISER, Elisabeth; PAIXAO, Gabriela Miana de Mattos; FEITOSA FILHO, Gilson; PEREIRA FILHO, Horacio Gomes; GRINDLER, Jose; AZIZ, Jose Luiz; MOLINA, Marcos Sleiman; FACIN, Mirella; TOBIAS, Nancy M. M. de Oliveira; OLIVEIRA, Patricia Alves de; SANCHES, Paulo Cesar R.; TEIXEIRA, Ricardo Alkmin; ATANES, Severiano Melo; PASTORE, Carlos Alberto
- Applicability of the Electro-Vectorcardiogram in Current Clinical Practice(2019) PASTORE, Carlos Alberto; SAMESIMA, Nelson; PEREIRA FILHO, Horacio Gomes; TOBIAS, Nancy Maria Martins de Oliveira; MADALOSO, Bruna Affonso; FACIN, Mirella EsmanhottoThe electrocardiogram (ECG) has been reinvigorated by the identification of electrical alterations that were not definitely clarified before. In this context, and mainly regarding the definition of arrhythmogenic substrates, the association of the ECG with the vectorcardiogram (VCG) has gathered much more information about the cardiac electrical phenomena, thus allowing us to differentiate potentially fatal cases from benign ones. Obtaining a VCG concomitantly with the performance of an ECG has led to a significant gain in the definition of extremely sophisticated pathologies, which function suffer some type of structural or dynamic alterations, involving either the reduction or enhancement of ionic channels and currents. The classic aspects of the ECG/VCG association in the differential diagnosis of myocardial infarctions, conduction disorders, atrial and ventricular hypertrophies, and the correlations between these electrical disorders are still valid and assertive. The association of these pathologies is further clarified when they are seen through the ECG/VCG dyad. The three-dimensional spatial orientation of both the atrial and the ventricular activity provides a far more complete observation tool than the ECG linear form. The modern analysis of the ECG and its respective VCG, simultaneously obtained by the recent technique called electro-vectorcardiogram (ECG/VCG), brought a significant gain for the differential diagnosis of some pathologies. Therefore, we illustrate how this type of analysis can elucidate some of the most important diagnoses found in our daily clinical practice as cardiologists.
- Ventricular repolarization abnormalities: the electrocardiographic track of cardiac tumoural involvement in an infant with tuberous sclerosis complex. A case report(2020) FACIN, Mirella; PASTORE, Carlos Alberto; SAMESIMA, Nelson; PEREIRA FILHO, Horacio GomesBackground Primary cardiac tumours are rare in children. Against this backdrop, Doppler echocardiogram is the main diagnostic procedure, while electrocardiogram (ECG) usually plays a secondary role, by detecting tumoural consequences as cardiac arrhythmias and chambers overload. We describe a case where an electrocardiographic sign was the cornerstone to diagnosis and surveillance of an infant with a cardiac rhabdomyoma. Case summary A female infant was referred for cardiac evaluation to elucidate an electrocardiographic abnormality, detected during investigation of seizures. She had recently been diagnosed with epilepsy and was under three different anticonvulsants for appropriate control. Cardiovascular symptoms were absent. Skin inspection revealed hypochromic macules. Respiratory and cardiovascular examinations were normal, as well as laboratorial tests and chest radiography. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed dome-shaped ST-segment elevation in V2 and V3. Transthoracic echocardiogram unveiled a single hyper-echogenic node (0.4 cm(2)) in the interventricular septum. Cardiac chambers had normal size and function and Doppler analysis was also normal. No specific medication was used to treat the tumour. During follow-up, she remained free of cardiac symptoms. Eighteen months after her first visit to the cardiologist, routine clinical assessment, ECG, and transthoracic Doppler echocardiogram normal results stated the spontaneous and complete involution of the tumoural lesion. Discussion Convex ST-segment elevation, generally related to myocardial injury, is unusual in paediatric patients. Once it occurs in asymptomatic individuals within this age bracket, exclusion of cardiac tumours is mandatory. However, data regarding the accuracy of such electrocardiographic marker in this clinical setting are still to be defined.
- Modified moving average methodology applied to the treadmill stress testing analysis of microvolt T-wave alternans(2022) PEREIRA FILHO, Horacio Gomes; SAMESIMA, Nelson; MADALOSO, Bruna Affonso; TOBIAS, Nancy Maria Martins de Oliveira; FACIN, Mirella; PASTORE, Carlos AlbertoSudden cardiac death is impactful. There has been an increase in the search for tools capable of identifying individuals who are most susceptible, such as the microvolt T-wave alternans. This study aims to analyze the applicability of the modified moving average methodology to obtain the microvolt T-wave alternans using treadmill specific protocols. Medical records of patients during the period August 2006-December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Five hundred and thirty nine exams were then included, divided into groups according to the protocol and updating factor used: Ellestad factor 8 or 32, Naughton factor 8 or 32. The topics for analysis were the alternans behavior, noise and confirmation according to the groups of leads analyzed (frontal, transversal and orthogonal planes). The greater microvolt T-wave alternans was found during the stress phase in most of the tests. Group Naughton 8 presented lower noise in this phase for the transverse and orthogonal planes (p=0.0082 and p<0.0001), with greater confirmation of frontal and orthogonal planes in comparison with group Ellestad 8 (p=0.0002 and 0.0008). The results indicate the viability of simultaneous performance of the stress test and measurement of the T wave alternans with Naughton protocol with 1/8 updating factor.
- Electrovectorcardiographic study of left ventricular aneurysm in ischemic heart disease(2023) VARONI, Leonardo Paschoal Camacho; SAMESIMA, Nelson; FACIN, Mirella; PEREIRA FILHO, Horacio Gomes; MADALOSO, Bruna Affonso; MATHIAS JUNIOR, Wilson; PASTORE, Carlos AlbertoThe aim was to characterize the electrovectorcardiographic pattern of ventricular aneurysms in ischemic cardiopathy by analyzing the cardiac ventricular repolarization. The medical records of 2,670 individuals were analyzed in this cross-sectional study. A test phase included 33 patients who underwent transthoracic echocardiogram with ultrasonic enhancing agent, electrocardiogram, and vectorcardiogram (aneurysm group - n = 22, and akinesia group - n = 11). In the validation phase, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging established the left ventricle segmental contractility in 16 patients who underwent electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic tests (aneurysm group, n = 8, and akinesia group, n = 8). The variables studied were the presence of the T-wave plus-minus pattern and the T-wave loop anterior-posterior pattern in V2-V4. The diagnostic indices used were sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values, with their respective 95% confidence intervals. During the test and validation phases, the analysis of the presence of the T-wave plus-minus pattern identified the aneurysm group with a sensitivity of 91% vs. 87% and specificity of 91% vs. 87% (p < 0.0001 vs. p = 0.01), respectively. Meanwhile, the T-wave loop anterior-posterior pattern evidenced sensitivity of 95% vs. 77% and specificity of 91% vs. 87% (p < 0.0001 vs. p = 0.04), respectively. The electrovectorcardiographic parameters showed high accuracy for recognizing left ventricular aneurysms in ischemic heart disease.