Title
Circulating serum markers and QRS scar score in chagas cardiomyopathy
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Clark E.H.
Marks M.A.
Fernandez A.B.
Crawford T.C.
Samuels A.M.
Hidron A.I.
Menacho-Mendez G.S.
Bozo-Gutierrez R.W.
Martin D.L.
Bern C.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hospital Universitario Japones
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
Approximately 8 million people have Trypanosoma cruzi infection, and nearly 30% will manifest Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC). Identification of reliable early indicators of CC risk would enable prioritization of treatment to those with the highest probability of future disease. Serum markers and electrocardiogram (EKG) changes were measured in 68 T. cruzi-infected individuals in various stages of cardiac disease and 17 individuals without T. cruzi infection or cardiac disease. T. cruzi-infected individuals were assigned to stage A (normal EKG/chest x-ray [CXR]), B (abnormal EKG/normal CXR), or C (abnormal EKG/cardiac structural changes). Ten serum markers were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)/Luminex, and QRS scores were calculated. Higher concentrations of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1), and TGFβ2 were associated with stage B compared with stage A. Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), Tissue Inhibitors of MMP 1, QRS score, and Brain Natriuretic Protein rose progressively with increasing CC severity. Elevated levels of several markers of cardiac damage and inflammation are seen in early CC and warrant additional evaluation in longitudinal studies.
Start page
39
End page
44
Volume
92
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84920622363
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
Fogarty International Center - R24TW007988 - FIC National Institutes of Health - P50AI074285 -NIH
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