Características hemodinâmicas cerebrais não invasivas em indivíduos com doença de chagas crônica do município de Umbaúba, estado de Sergipe

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Glass, Ivani Rodrigues
• Orientador(a): Silva, Ângela Maria da
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
• Palavras-chave em Português: Doença de chagas; Doppler transcraniano; Sorologia para Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma cruzi; Prevalência
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Chagas disease; Transcranial doppler; Serology for Trypanosoma cruzi; Prevalence
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS DA SAUDE
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/9363

Chagas disease is endemic in a region from Mexico to Argentina. In Brazil, chronic cases predominate with approximately two million infected individuals. Central nervous system involvement, triggering stroke in chagasic patients with myocardiopathy, has occurred in high incidence, usually due to cardiac emboli originating from apical aneurysm, mural thrombi and atrial fibrillation. However, the occurrence of stroke can also occur in individuals with Chagas disease (CD) even without a history of cardiopathy. This study aims to evaluate cerebral hemodynamics in individuals with serological diagnosis for CD through Transcranial Doppler(TCD) in the various chronic forms of the disease. A cross-sectional study was carried out in twelve settlements in the rural area of municipality of Umbaúba, State of Sergipe, where 617 individuals answered a questionnaire on socio-epidemiological conditions and collected blood sample for the performance of serology for Trypanosoma cruzi. There was a prevalence of 12.1% (75/617) of seropositivity for CD, 64% had a primary school level and 33.3% were illiterate, 78.7% worked in agriculture and 92% had a family income of up to one minimal salary. Of these seropositive individuals, 71 underwent clinical examination and electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, chest X-ray, and contrast-enhanced radiography of the esophagus and colon to determine the clinical form of CD. For the TCD, 96 individuals participated, 59 seropositive for CD and 37 seronegative. These individuals had a mean age of 54 ± 11 years and female sex in 62.5%. Among the chronic clinical forms of CD, 22 individuals were in the indeterminate, 17 cardiac, 16 cardiodigestive and 4 digestive forms. The values of mean velocity of the middle cerebral artery (MVMCA) and pulsatility index did not change in the individuals examined. Correlating the mean velocity of the middle cerebral artery with the age and clinical forms of Chagas disease and control, it was observed that in the cardiac and indeterminate forms and control there was a reduction of the MVMCA with the increase of the age in a similar way. However, with the cardiodigestive and digestive forms, the opposite occurred, increasing MVMCA with increasing age. No signs of microemboli were evident. The present study did not show alteration of the cerebral hemodynamics among the clinical chronic forms and control, probably due to individuals with CD being in a controlled phase of the disease, not presenting during the research symptoms or cardiac signals.