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Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation
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Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation

Carlos Tosta et al. Ricardo Ladeira Betty Guz João Pimenta

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible morphological and functional heart injuries in hepatitis C virus patients. METHODS: Control-case study analyzing Doppler echocardiographic aspects in 31 hepatitis C virus patients and 20 controls. RESULTS: There were no significant difference in relation to the myocardial thickening, left ventricular diameters, circumferential shortening, ejection fraction, mitral valve flow velocities, tissue sistolic and diastolic mitral annular ones. CONCLUSION: Individuals with hepatitis C virus in the initial phases of the disease did not show morpho-functional abnormalities of the heart when evaluated by doppler echocardiography.

  • cardiomyopathy
  • Doppler Echocardiography
  • hepatitis C virus
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06/03/2007 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2006001800012 Views 1

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Tosta C, Ladeira R, Guz B, Pimenta J. Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2007;87(5):623-7.

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Tosta, Carlos; Ladeira, Ricardo; Guz, Betty; Pimenta, João. Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 87, n. 5, p. 623-627, Mar. 2007.

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Tosta, C., Ladeira, R., Guz, B., & Pimenta, J. (2007). Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 87(5), 623-627.

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Tosta, Carlos and Ladeira, Ricardo and Guz, Betty and Pimenta, João. Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2007, vol. 87, n. 5, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 623-627. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/cardiac-morphofunctional-injuries-in-patients-with-hepatitis-c-virus-doppler-echocardiographic-evaluation/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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