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        <article-title>Caso 01/2008: paciente jovem do sexo feminino, portadora de forma familiar de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica que evoluiu com s&#237;ncopes, arritmia ventricular complexa e choque cardiog&#234;nico</article-title>
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            <surname>Harada</surname>
            <given-names>Paulo</given-names>
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            <surname>Morita</surname>
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      <bold>CORRELA&#199;&#195;O ANATOMO-CL&#205;NICA</bold>
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    <p>Caso 01/2008 &#150; paciente jovem do sexo feminino, portadora de forma familiar de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica que evoluiu com s&#237;ncopes, arritmia ventricular complexa e choque cardiog&#234;nico</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Paulo Harada; Fernando Morita; Edmundo Arteaga; Afonso Akio Shiozaki; Jussara Bianchi Castelli</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o (InCor) - HC-FMUSP, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brasil</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
    </p>
    <p><bold>Palavras-chave:</bold> Cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, s&#237;ncope, arritmia, choque cardiog&#234;nico.</p>
    <p>Paciente do sexo feminino de 19 anos de idade, com diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, foi encaminhada ao Hospital para tratamento. </p>
    <p>O diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica foi feito aos cinco anos de idade, por ocasi&#227;o da avalia&#231;&#227;o m&#233;dica cardiol&#243;gica realizada na fam&#237;lia da paciente. A avalia&#231;&#227;o foi indicada tendo em vista a hist&#243;ria familiar de v&#225;rios casos dessa doen&#231;a. O pai da paciente tinha o diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, evoluiu para dilata&#231;&#227;o card&#237;aca e foi submetido a transplante card&#237;aco ortot&#243;pico. Havia tamb&#233;m a hist&#243;ria de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica em tios e av&#243;s paternos. Dois irm&#227;os eram portadores da mesma condi&#231;&#227;o, um dos quais sofreu morte s&#250;bita. </p>
    <p>A paciente apresentou, na evolu&#231;&#227;o, epis&#243;dios repetidos de s&#237;ncope. H&#225; tr&#234;s anos foi submetida a implante de cardiodesfibrilador. Depois do procedimento, voltou a apresentar s&#237;ncopes e n&#227;o foi identificada atividade desfibriladora no aparelho implantado. Foi ent&#227;o encaminhada ao Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o. </p>
    <p>Na primeira consulta m&#233;dica no Hospital (16/11/2006), queixou-se de epis&#243;dios freq&#252;entes de palpita&#231;&#227;o associados com mal-estar generalizado de curta dura&#231;&#227;o, dor precordial, falta de ar e pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope. O &#250;ltimo epis&#243;dio de s&#237;ncope havia ocorrido quatro meses antes da consulta. Queixou-se tamb&#233;m de falta de ar desencadeada por grandes esfor&#231;os. </p>
    <p>A paciente n&#227;o fazia uso de betabloqueadores ou antagonistas dos canais de c&#225;lcio. Esses medicamentos chegaram a ser prescritos e utilizados, mas causaram hipotens&#227;o arterial e o uso foi interrompido.</p>
    <p>O exame f&#237;sico (16/11/2006) revelou peso 56 kg, altura 1,56 m, &#237;ndice de massa corp&#243;rea 23 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, pulso regular, freq&#252;&#234;ncia 60 bpm, press&#227;o arterial 100/60 mm Hg. O exame dos pulm&#245;es foi normal. O exame do cora&#231;&#227;o revelou sopro sist&#243;lico em foco a&#243;rtico +++/6, com irradia&#231;&#227;o para BEE e &#225;rea mitral. </p>
    <p>O eletrocardiograma (13/11/2006) revelou ritmo de marcapasso dupla c&#226;mara normofuncionante e sobrecarga atrial esquerda.</p>
    <p>Os exames laboratoriais (13/11/2006) revelaram hemoglobina 13,6 g/dl, hemat&#243;crito 41%, creatinina 1,02 mg/dl, pot&#225;ssio 4,6 mEq/l e s&#243;dio 139 mEq/l.</p>
    <p>O ecocardiograma (28/11/2006) revelou di&#226;metro de aorta 24 mm, de &#225;trio esquerdo de 44 mm, di&#226;metros de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo &#150; diast&#243;lico 34 mm e sist&#243;lico 22 mmHg, com fra&#231;&#227;o de eje&#231;&#227;o de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo de 66%; a espessura do septo interventricular foi de 18 mm, e da parede posterior do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo, 9 mm. Havia hipertrofia assim&#233;trica acentuada de paredes septal e lateral, com desempenho sist&#243;lico hiperdin&#226;mico, sem altera&#231;&#245;es de mobilidade segmentar, disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica discreta, insufici&#234;ncia mitral discreta, gradiente intraventricular m&#225;ximo 27 mmHg em repouso.</p>
    <p>A monitoriza&#231;&#227;o do ritmo card&#237;aco pelo sistema Holter (27/11/2006) revelou ritmo sinusal, alternado com ritmo estimulado pelo marcapasso artificial. A condu&#231;&#227;o atrioventicular alternava per&#237;odos de condu&#231;&#227;o normal com outros em que havia est&#237;mulo ventricular pelo eletrodo de marcapasso. A freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca variou de 59 a 158 bpm, as extra-s&#237;stoles ventriculares eram polim&#243;rficas, isoladas e raras (quatro em toda a grava&#231;&#227;o). As extra-s&#237;stoles atriais foram tamb&#233;m raras e isoladas (total de 16). Os sintomas de escurecimento visual e cansa&#231;o ap&#243;s esfor&#231;o foram relacionados com aumento da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca, sem arritmias, durante esfor&#231;o.</p>
    <p>O estudo ergoespirom&#233;trico revelou VO<sub>2</sub> m&#225;xima de 18 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>, e n&#227;o houve eleva&#231;&#227;o da press&#227;o arterial sist&#243;lica durante o exerc&#237;cio.</p>
    <p>Foram prescritos 40 mg de propranolol. A paciente apresentou hipotens&#227;o arterial e queixou-se da persist&#234;ncia dos epis&#243;dios de pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope.</p>
    <p>A avalia&#231;&#227;o cl&#237;nica evolutiva (jan. 2007) revelou press&#227;o arterial 120/80 mmHg com a paciente deitada, 120/70 mmHg com a paciente sentada, e 90/60 mmHg com a paciente em p&#233;. Durante a consulta, apresentou mal-estar e pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope com freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca de 120 batimentos por minuto, que melhorou ap&#243;s alguns minutos, quando houve a diminui&#231;&#227;o da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca para 80 batimentos por minuto.</p>
    <p>Em 13/1/2007, foi documentada taquicardia parox&#237;stica supraventricular assintom&#225;tica durante o sono.</p>
    <p>Foi feito o diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, forma familiar, n&#227;o-obstrutiva, sem arritmia complexa, com epis&#243;dios de taquicardia parox&#237;stica supraventricular que provocava hipotens&#227;o arterial e pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope. Pela intoler&#226;ncia ao betabloqueador e bloqueador de c&#225;lcio foi iniciada amiodarona via oral 600 mg.</p>
    <p>Na evolu&#231;&#227;o, procurou atendimento m&#233;dico de emerg&#234;ncia (2/2/2007) por ter sofrido dois epis&#243;dios de s&#237;ncope: na avalia&#231;&#227;o do cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel n&#227;o foram identificadas arritmia ou choque do desfibrilador. </p>
    <p>A paciente evoluiu com os mesmos epis&#243;dios de mal-estar generalizado e pr&#233;-s&#237;ncopes freq&#252;entes. Em (5/2/2007) apresentou epis&#243;dio de s&#237;ncope em casa, que foi acompanhada por familiar que era m&#233;dica, com hipotens&#227;o, sucedido por choque do cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel com desaparecimento dos sintomas. Ao chegar &#224; unidade de emerg&#234;ncia do InCor, estava sem sintomas. A avalia&#231;&#227;o do cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel revelou taquicardia ventricular. Foi administrada amiodarona por via endovenosa (300 mg, seguidos de 900 mg por via endovenosa nas 24h).</p>
    <p>Foi hospitalizada e continuou a apresentar epis&#243;dios de mal-estar, caracterizados por dor precordial, sudorese, m&#225;-perfus&#227;o perif&#233;rica, hipotens&#227;o arterial, associados a aumento da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca.</p>
    <p>O eletrocardiograma (9/2/2007) com marcapasso inibido revelou ritmo sinusal, sobrecarga atrial esquerda e altera&#231;&#245;es da repolariza&#231;&#227;o ventricular (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig01">fig. 1</xref>).</p>
    <fig id="fig01">
      <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-90-01-0064-00010-gf01.jpg"/></fig>
    <p>Em 12/2/2007, foi submetida a ecocardiograma com aumento da freq&#252;&#234;ncia do marcapasso de 60 para 90 batimentos por minuto, e foi observado aumento do gradiente na via de sa&#237;da do VE de 27 para 40 mmHg e sintomas de mal-estar.</p>
    <p>Foi indicado estudo eletrofisiol&#243;gico para poss&#237;vel abla&#231;&#227;o de taquicardia parox&#237;stica supraventricular, realizado (16/2/2007) na vig&#234;ncia do uso de amiodarona, sem que houvesse indu&#231;&#227;o de arritmias atriais, ventriculares ou condu&#231;&#227;o retr&#243;grada do est&#237;mulo el&#233;trico card&#237;aco. </p>
    <p>A angiotomografia do cora&#231;&#227;o (16/2/2007) revelou espessura septal de 30 mm e realce tardio extenso e confluente em regi&#227;o subendoc&#225;rdica. O escore de c&#225;lcio em coron&#225;rias foi 0 Agstaton.</p>
    <p>No 16&#176; dia da interna&#231;&#227;o (20/2/2007), apresentou outro epis&#243;dio de s&#237;ncope em repouso. Ap&#243;s essa ocorr&#234;ncia, a freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca foi de 96 batimentos por minuto e a press&#227;o arterial, 70/40 mmHg. Houve melhora ap&#243;s expans&#227;o vol&#234;mica; o sistema de grava&#231;&#227;o do cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel n&#227;o demonstrou arritmia. Na tarde do mesmo dia apresentou nova s&#237;ncope com hipotens&#227;o arterial, press&#227;o arterial 80/50 mmHg, freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca de 76 batimentos por minuto. Durante avalia&#231;&#227;o eletrocardiogr&#225;fica foi observada taquicardia ventricular com QRS largo e freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca de 130 batimentos por minuto, que evoluiu para fibrila&#231;&#227;o ventricular, sucedido por choque do cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel com revers&#227;o do quadro. A paciente foi transferida para unidade de terapia intensiva, mantendo-se amiodarona por via endovenosa 900 mg/dia. Foi iniciado propranolol 10 mg por via oral 8/8h.</p>
    <p>A dose de propranolol foi aumentada lentamente, sem ser observada altera&#231;&#227;o da press&#227;o arterial. Entretanto, a paciente mantinha os mesmos epis&#243;dios de mal-estar previamente relatados associados a eleva&#231;&#245;es discretas da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca (70 a 90 bpm).</p>
    <p>Cogitou-se efeito pr&#243;-arrr&#237;tmico da amiodarona e reduziu-se a dose do agente, acompanhada do aumento da dose do betabloqueador e da diminui&#231;&#227;o da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca de entrada do marcapasso para 45 bpm. Foi indicado o teste da inclina&#231;&#227;o para investiga&#231;&#227;o de poss&#237;vel s&#237;ncope neurocardiog&#234;nica.</p>
    <p>Os exames laboratoriais (22/2/2007) revelaram creatinina 0,8 mg/dl, ur&#233;ia 21 mg/dl, pot&#225;ssio 4,1 mEq/l e s&#243;dio 138 mEq/l.</p>
    <p>No dia seguinte (23/2/2007), a amiodarona foi prescrita na dose de 200 mg por via oral 12/12h, e a dose de propranolol foi aumentada para 30 mg por via oral 8/8h. A paciente apresentou in&#250;meros epis&#243;dios de mal-estar com padr&#227;o respirat&#243;rio de Cheyne-Stokes e freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca entre 60 e 100 batimentos por minuto. Com base no aumento do gradiente intraventricular associado a eleva&#231;&#245;es da freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca, foi aumentada a dose de propranolol para 40 mg via oral 8/8h, e administrado metoprolol por via endovenosa (tr&#234;s ampolas de 5 mg nesse per&#237;odo, das 19 &#224;s 23h). Foi iniciada tamb&#233;m ventila&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o-invasiva com press&#227;o positiva para tratamento dos sintomas relacionados ao ritmo respirat&#243;rio de Cheyne-Stokes. Houve melhora ap&#243;s a instala&#231;&#227;o da respira&#231;&#227;o com press&#227;o positiva, a freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca foi mantida entre 55 e 60 batimentos por minuto e a press&#227;o arterial 90/60 mmHg. </p>
    <p>Tr&#234;s horas ap&#243;s, a paciente queixou-se de mal-estar muito intenso, apresentou sudorese, m&#225;-perfus&#227;o, dispn&#233;ia, hipotens&#227;o arterial de 50/30 mmHg e freq&#252;&#234;ncia card&#237;aca de 55 batimentos por minuto.Apesar da institui&#231;&#227;o de ventila&#231;&#227;o com press&#227;o positiva, expans&#227;o vol&#234;mica com cristal&#243;ide e administra&#231;&#227;o de dopamina por via endovenosa, n&#227;o houve melhora. Seguiu-se taquicardia ventricular tratada pelo cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel. Foi submetida a intuba&#231;&#227;o orotraqueal para suporte respirat&#243;rio e iniciada noradrenalina. Algumas horas ap&#243;s (24/2/2007), apresentou parada card&#237;aca em atividade el&#233;trica sem pulso que n&#227;o respondeu &#224;s manobras de ressuscita&#231;&#227;o.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Coment&#225;rios exames</bold>
    </p>
    <p>ECG (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig01"><bold>Fig. 1</bold></xref>)</p>
    <p>A cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica e outras hipertrofias podem apresentar empastamento inicial do complexo QRS em raz&#227;o de dist&#250;rbio de condu&#231;&#227;o intraventricular, o qual pode simular presen&#231;a de pr&#233;-excita&#231;&#227;o. </p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Prof. Dr. Paulo Jorge Moffa)</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Tomografia</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Paciente foi submetida a tomografia computadorizada com 64 colunas de detectores (Toshiba Inc) com inje&#231;&#227;o de contraste iodado n&#227;o-i&#244;nico (Iopamiron<sup>&#174;</sup> Schering) para avalia&#231;&#227;o de fibrose mioc&#225;rdica.</p>
    <p>Foi observada hipertrofia septal assim&#233;trica com septo de 27 mm e presen&#231;a de realce tardio mioc&#225;rdico (fibrose), com padr&#227;o confluente predominantemente na jun&#231;&#227;o entre o septo e a parede livre do ventr&#237;culo direito. </p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Dr. Afonso Akio Shiozaki)</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Aspectos cl&#237;nicos</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Vamos comentar aqui o caso de uma paciente com diagn&#243;stico confirmado de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica com antecedentes familiares pelo lado paterno, com epis&#243;dios intermitentes de dispn&#233;ia, palpita&#231;&#227;o, precordialgia, pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope, que, apesar da presen&#231;a de cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel (CDI), apresentou epis&#243;dios repetidos de s&#237;ncope, alguns deles n&#227;o desencadeados por arritmias.</p>
    <p>A cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica &#233; a doen&#231;a geneticamente herdada mais comum na cardiologia, com preval&#234;ncia na popula&#231;&#227;o geral de 0,2 %<sup>1</sup> e presente em qualquer faixa et&#225;ria, do nascimento at&#233; octogen&#225;rios. Caracteriza-se por hipertrofia mioc&#225;rdica sem causa subjacente, como hipertens&#227;o ou estenose a&#243;rtica. Tem acometimento assim&#233;trico com prefer&#234;ncia por septo e parede anterolateral. Histologicamente, h&#225; desorganiza&#231;&#227;o das fibras musculares por altera&#231;&#227;o de prote&#237;nas do sarc&#244;mero, fibrose, aumento da matriz intersticial; todas n&#227;o espec&#237;ficas da cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, mas que devem estar presentes em pelo menos 10% da massa ventricular para diagn&#243;stico histol&#243;gico<sup>2</sup>. H&#225; espessamento das coron&#225;rias intramurais e isquemia, mecanismo co-respons&#225;vel por angina, evolu&#231;&#227;o para fase dilatada, arritmias e morte s&#250;bita<sup>3</sup>. H&#225; ainda aumento de massa ventricular esquerda, diminui&#231;&#227;o de volume e complac&#234;ncia ventricular, regurgita&#231;&#227;o mitral e obstru&#231;&#227;o da via de sa&#237;da de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo, e 5% a 10% dos doentes progridem para fase dilatada<sup>4</sup>, como foi o caso do pai da paciente. Agrega risco aumentado de morte, principalmente s&#250;bita, a qual est&#225; associada a arritmias ventriculares.</p>
    <p>Possui heran&#231;a autoss&#244;mica dominante em 50% dos casos, cifra essa que pode estar subestimada por vari&#225;vel penetr&#226;ncia dos genes, crit&#233;rios ecocadiogr&#225;ficos r&#237;gidos e an&#225;lise incompleta de fam&#237;lias<sup>5</sup>. Outras formas s&#227;o conseq&#252;&#234;ncia de muta&#231;&#245;es espor&#225;dicas. H&#225; pelo menos 10 genes envolvidos na doen&#231;a<sup>6</sup>, todos relacionados &#224;s prote&#237;nas dos sarc&#244;meros e que envolvem mais de 150 tipos de muta&#231;&#245;es, e em uma fam&#237;lia com cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica pode haver mais de uma muta&#231;&#227;o<sup>4</sup>. Ainda assim, um mesmo gene pode apresentar variabilidade de sua express&#227;o<sup>6,7</sup>. Logo, todas essas caracter&#237;sticas gen&#233;ticas justificam a apresenta&#231;&#227;o espectral da doen&#231;a, com graus variados de hipertrofia, in&#237;cio de manifesta&#231;&#245;es da doen&#231;a e risco de morte s&#250;bita.</p>
    <p>Obstru&#231;&#227;o ao trato de sa&#237;da de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo est&#225; presente ao repouso em 25% dos pacientes<sup>3,8</sup>. No entanto, &#233; importante ressaltar que apenas uma medida em repouso &#233; insuficiente para a an&#225;lise, visto seu comportamento din&#226;mico<sup>8</sup>. Durante a s&#237;stole, al&#233;m da pr&#243;pria hipertrofia septal, est&#227;o associados movimento anterior da valva mitral (atribu&#237;da ao efeito Venturi) e desvio de septo com constri&#231;&#227;o da via de sa&#237;da. Esses mecanismos s&#227;o favorecidos pela diminui&#231;&#227;o do retorno venoso, da p&#243;s-carga e do aumento da contratilidade. Disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica e diminui&#231;&#227;o de di&#226;metros de cavidade s&#227;o muito comuns. Deve-se lembrar de que a paciente foi classificada como forma n&#227;o-obstrutiva, mas funcionalmente apresentou gradiente intraventricular de 40 mmHg com est&#237;mulo por marcapasso.</p>
    <p>A maioria dos pacientes apresenta sintomas leves. Dispn&#233;ia &#233; o sintoma mais comum<sup>3</sup>, seguido de angina<sup>9</sup>, e menos freq&#252;entemente fadiga, palpita&#231;&#245;es, pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope, s&#237;ncope e sintomas de insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca congestiva nos que evoluem para fase dilatada. Os indiv&#237;duos sintom&#225;ticos, como a nossa paciente, t&#234;m progn&#243;stico pior que os assintom&#225;ticos<sup>10-13</sup>. No entanto, o diagn&#243;stico &#233; freq&#252;entemente realizado durante rastreamento de familiares.</p>
    <p>Apesar de se apresentar em qualquer fase da vida, tipicamente se desenvolve na puberdade<sup>14</sup>. Deve-se lembrar de que no seguimento de familiares um exame isolado n&#227;o &#233; suficiente para descartar doen&#231;a, principalmente em jovens e crian&#231;as. </p>
    <p>Os sintomas podem ser induzidos por uma variedade de mecanismos<sup>3</sup>, que incluem: gradiente intraventricular em repouso ou durante esfor&#231;o, disfun&#231;&#227;o mioc&#225;rdica, isquemia subendoc&#225;rdica, isquemia por compress&#227;o de ponte mioc&#225;rdica, taqui e bradiarritmias (estas &#250;ltimas incomuns), al&#233;m de disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica. </p>
    <p>As maiores complica&#231;&#245;es associadas &#224; doen&#231;a s&#227;o morte, insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca, arritmias, acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) e endocardite infecciosa<sup>15</sup>. A mortalidade anual em centros de refer&#234;ncia, que geralmente inclui pacientes sintom&#225;ticos, &#233; de aproximadamente 2% em adultos, com valores entre 4% e 6% durante a inf&#226;ncia e a adolesc&#234;ncia<sup>16-20</sup>. As causas mais prevalentes de mortalidade s&#227;o morte card&#237;aca s&#250;bita, insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca e acidente vascular cerebral<sup>15</sup>.</p>
    <p>Morte s&#250;bita &#233; mais comum em jovens, enquanto insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca e acidente vascular cerebral s&#227;o mais freq&#252;entes em faixa et&#225;ria mais avan&#231;ada. A idade m&#233;dia de morte nos pacientes com essa doen&#231;a varia entre 56 e 59 anos<sup>10</sup>.</p>
    <p>Os fatores associados a morte pela cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica incluem: sintomas avan&#231;ados no momento do diagn&#243;stico, fibrila&#231;&#227;o atrial associada com <bold>acidente vascular cerebral</bold> emb&#243;lico, gradiente basal maior que 30 mmHg, identifica&#231;&#227;o da doen&#231;a durante a inf&#226;ncia e hipertrofia de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo maior que 25 mm<sup>20</sup>.</p>
    <p>S&#237;ncope, sintoma recorrente na paciente, manifesta-se pelo menos uma vez na vida de 15% a 25% dos pacientes. Outros 20% apresentar&#227;o pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope. Muitos mecanismos est&#227;o envolvidos na fisiopatologia do baixo d&#233;bito. Obstru&#231;&#227;o de via de sa&#237;da &#233; um desses, favorecido pela diminui&#231;&#227;o do retorno venoso, aumento da contratilidade card&#237;aca e diminui&#231;&#227;o da p&#243;s-carga ventricular esquerda<sup>21-24</sup>. Portanto, ortostase, hipovolemia, atividade f&#237;sica, vasodilatadores e taquicardia favorecem baixo d&#233;bito e seus sintomas. No caso da paciente houve documenta&#231;&#227;o ecocardiogr&#225;fica desse mecanismo com aumento da estimula&#231;&#227;o pelo marcapasso, assim como queda de press&#227;o arterial com ortostase. Outro fator &#233; a isquemia durante o esfor&#231;o, em raz&#227;o de anormalidades coron&#225;rias intramurais j&#225; descritas, ponte mioc&#225;rdica, aumento da sobrecarga pela intensifica&#231;&#227;o do gradiente intraventricular<sup>9,23-30</sup>. Reflexo baropressor anormal &#233; um mecanismo presente e em rela&#231;&#227;o ao qual n&#227;o houve tempo para investiga&#231;&#227;o na paciente em quest&#227;o<sup>23,24,30</sup>. Arritmias supraventriculares est&#227;o presentes em 25% a 50% dos pacientes, sendo a mais freq&#252;ente fibrila&#231;&#227;o atrial e que normalmente n&#227;o s&#227;o bem toleradas<sup>31</sup>. Sempre que poss&#237;vel, introduz-se anticoagula&#231;&#227;o nesses pacientes em raz&#227;o do elevado risco de tromboembolismo<sup>32-34</sup>. Arritmias ventriculares s&#227;o responsabilizadas por grande parte das mortes s&#250;bitas; j&#225; bradiarritmias s&#227;o bastante infreq&#252;entes. </p>
    <p>Os tratamentos n&#227;o-intervencionistas s&#227;o baseados em dados observacionais e n&#227;o em ensaios randomizados. Terapia farmacol&#243;gica n&#227;o &#233; recomendada em assintom&#225;ticos, visto que n&#227;o h&#225; evid&#234;ncias de melhora de progn&#243;stico nessa popula&#231;&#227;o<sup>35</sup>.</p>
    <p>O uso de betabloqueadores melhora sintomas como angina, dispn&#233;ia e s&#237;ncope. No entanto, h&#225; resposta vari&#225;vel, e de um a dois ter&#231;os do pacientes apresentam melhora<sup>36</sup>. Mas deve-se evitar suspens&#227;o abrupta da medica&#231;&#227;o por efeito rebote da hipersensibilidade a receptores. Quanto aos bloqueadores de canal de c&#225;lcio, verapamil &#233; o de maior experi&#234;ncia e efetivo naqueles que n&#227;o toleram os betabloqueadores<sup>37</sup>. Disopiramida &#233; um antiarr&#237;tmico com efeito inotr&#243;pico negativo, indicado na literatura<sup>38</sup> mas n&#227;o dispon&#237;vel no Brasil. Todos atuam controlando os mecanismos fisiopatol&#243;gicos dos sintomas: diminui&#231;&#227;o da contratilidade card&#237;aca, diminui&#231;&#227;o da freq&#252;&#234;ncia e aumento do tempo de enchimento diast&#243;lico<sup>37</sup>. </p>
    <p>De modo contr&#225;rio, deve-se evitar o uso de digoxina, vasodilatadores como nitratos, inibidores de convers&#227;o de angiotensina, antagonistas receptor de angiotensina e nifedipina. Todos potencializam aumento do gradiente intraventricular. Diur&#233;ticos devem ser usados com cautela, pois, apesar de melhorarem sintomas como dispn&#233;ia e edema, podem favorecer aumento do gradiente e baixo d&#233;bito. </p>
    <p>O uso de antiarr&#237;tmicos &#233; controverso, tanto em rela&#231;&#227;o ao controle de arritmias quanto ao progn&#243;stico e n&#227;o substituem o implante de cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel (CDI)<sup>39</sup>.</p>
    <p>Terapias n&#227;o-farmacol&#243;gicas, como miomectomia e abla&#231;&#227;o septal alc&#243;olica, s&#227;o indicadas para pacientes com sintomas refrat&#225;rios ao tratamento cl&#237;nico otimizado<sup>40-42</sup>. A paciente poderia se beneficiar dessas terapias, visto que h&#225; dados na literatura em que pacientes sintom&#225;ticos e com gradiente induzido maior que 30 mmHg controlam sintomas com abla&#231;&#227;o septal<sup>43</sup>. No entanto, &#233; importante ressaltar que esses dados s&#227;o de centros com experi&#234;ncia nesses procedimentos. Terapia com marcapasso bicameral foi uma alternativa sugerida no princ&#237;pio dos anos 1990, por&#233;m evid&#234;ncias de ensaios posteriores demonstraram redu&#231;&#227;o de apenas 50% do gradiente e sem melhora da toler&#226;ncia ao exerc&#237;cio<sup>40-43</sup>, o que sugere importante interfer&#234;ncia de efeito placebo. A atual recomenda&#231;&#227;o do American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association &#233; de que apenas se deve usar para pacientes com disfun&#231;&#227;o do n&#243; sinusal e bloqueio atrioventricular.</p>
    <p>A morte s&#250;bita &#233; a mais temida complica&#231;&#227;o da doen&#231;a, e com a disponibiliza&#231;&#227;o de tratamento profil&#225;tico efetivo (CDI) a identifica&#231;&#227;o dos pacientes com risco aumentado adquiriu grande significado cl&#237;nico.</p>
    <p>Os dois fatores de risco maiores, definidos no consenso do <italic>American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology</italic> (ACC/ESC) de 2003, s&#227;o eventos arr&#237;tmicos pr&#233;vios: morte s&#250;bita revertida e taquicardia ventricular sustentada espont&#226;nea<sup>44</sup>. Esses pacientes apresentam alto risco de recorr&#234;ncia e n&#227;o h&#225; d&#250;vida em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224; indica&#231;&#227;o de CDI.</p>
    <p>A maioria dos pacientes n&#227;o sobrevive ao seu primeiro evento arr&#237;tmico ventricular. Portanto, &#233; de fundamental import&#226;ncia identificar fatores preditores para profilaxia prim&#225;ria adequada.</p>
    <p>Os cinco fatores de risco maiores adicionais citados no consenso do ACC/ESC de 2003 s&#227;o: hist&#243;ria familiar de morte s&#250;bita, s&#237;ncope n&#227;o claramente atribu&#237;vel a outra causa, presen&#231;a de taquicardia ventricular n&#227;o-sustentada, hipertrofia ventricular esquerda maior que 30 mm e resposta anormal da press&#227;o no exerc&#237;cio. </p>
    <p>Outros fatores possivelmente implicados s&#227;o: menor idade ao diagn&#243;stico<sup>16</sup>, gradiente maior que 30 mmHg<sup>45-46</sup>, presen&#231;a de disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica<sup>47</sup> e alguns gen&#243;tipos espec&#237;ficos<sup>48</sup>.</p>
    <p>Quanto maior o n&#250;mero de fatores de risco, maior o risco de morte s&#250;bita e maior a chance de benef&#237;cio com o implante de CDI. Pacientes com dois ou mais fatores de risco maiores devem receber um CDI para profilaxia prim&#225;ria<sup>45,49</sup>. </p>
    <p>A paciente em quest&#227;o apresentava inicialmente tr&#234;s fatores de risco maiores &#150;hist&#243;ria familiar de morte s&#250;bita, s&#237;ncopes de repeti&#231;&#227;o e septo de 30 mm. Ela recebeu corretamente a terapia com CDI, o que se provou subseq&#252;entemente com a ocorr&#234;ncia de choques apropriados.</p>
    <p>Em raz&#227;o da natureza din&#226;mica da doen&#231;a, todos os pacientes devem ser avaliados anualmente, incluindo avalia&#231;&#227;o em rela&#231;&#227;o ao risco de arritmias com hist&#243;ria, exame f&#237;sico, ecocardiografia, Holter e teste ergom&#233;trico para avaliar resposta press&#243;rica<sup>47</sup>.</p>
    <p>Resposta anormal da press&#227;o no exerc&#237;cio, sintoma presente nessa paciente, ocorre em 20% a 40% dos pacientes com cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica (CMH)<sup>50,51</sup>. &#201; caracterizada por incremento de press&#227;o sist&#243;lica menor que 20 mmHg durante o exerc&#237;cio ou queda anormal durante a fase de recupera&#231;&#227;o<sup>52,53</sup>. Desenvolvimento de gradiente na via de sa&#237;da de ventr&#237;culo esquerdo durante o exerc&#237;cio n&#227;o &#233; o &#250;nico motivo disso. Pacientes com doen&#231;a n&#227;o-obstrutiva podem apresent&#225;-la e parece estar relacionada a uma vasodilata&#231;&#227;o inapropriada nos m&#250;sculos n&#227;o-exercitados<sup>50-52</sup> e isquemia subendoc&#225;rdica<sup>53</sup>. A paciente apresentou, em tomografia card&#237;aca, realce tardio extenso e confluente em regi&#227;o subendoc&#225;rdica, altera&#231;&#227;o que pode condizer com fibrose e isquemia mioc&#225;rdica.</p>
    <p>Alguns pacientes com CMH apresentam, ocasionalmente, colapso hemodin&#226;mico agudo secund&#225;rio &#224; obstru&#231;&#227;o aguda do trato de sa&#237;da de VE, situa&#231;&#227;o compat&#237;vel com o caso em quest&#227;o. O paciente pode se queixar de dor tor&#225;cica, palpita&#231;&#245;es, pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope, hipotens&#227;o postural e s&#237;ncope. O diagn&#243;stico &#233; confirmado pelo ecocardiograma. Apresentam taquicardia sinusal, hipotens&#227;o, press&#227;o venosa jugular baixa, evid&#234;ncia radiogr&#225;fica de insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca e sopro sist&#243;lico de obstru&#231;&#227;o do trato de sa&#237;da de VE e insufici&#234;ncia mitral. A s&#237;ndrome pode ocorrer espontaneamente, ou ser precipitada por eventos que aumentam a obstru&#231;&#227;o, como: retirada de betabloqueador ou bloqueador de canais de c&#225;lcio, diminui&#231;&#227;o da pr&#233;-carga por desidrata&#231;&#227;o ou diur&#233;ticos, diminui&#231;&#227;o da p&#243;s-carga por administra&#231;&#227;o de vasodilatador e taquicardia. No caso da paciente, esse &#233; um mecanismo prov&#225;vel da deteriora&#231;&#227;o hemodin&#226;mica, tendo-se em conta que apresentou sintomas compat&#237;veis e, na evolu&#231;&#227;o, taquicardia ventricular tratada pelo cardiodesfibrilador. Casos mais leves podem ser tratados com l&#237;quidos via oral e betabloqueador, enquanto aumento da pr&#233;-carga com eleva&#231;&#227;o das pernas e administra&#231;&#227;o de flu&#237;dos endovenosos &#233; indicado para casos mais graves.</p>
    <p>Suporte vasopressor, inicialmente com dopamina e depois com noradrenalina, foi correto do ponto de vista fisiopatol&#243;gico, apesar de a literatura recomendar uso de fenilefrina<sup>54</sup>. Betabloqueador endovenoso e disopiramida<sup>38</sup> endovenosa s&#227;o outras op&#231;&#245;es de tratamento. </p>
    <p>Outro fator contribuinte para o desfecho apresentado seria a presen&#231;a de isquemia mioc&#225;rdica, efeito inotr&#243;pico negativo dos agentes e disautonomia com vasoconstri&#231;&#227;o inadequada. Tromboembolismo pulmonar &#233; outra hip&#243;tese que se deve considerar. </p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Dr. Paulo Harada, Dra.Fernando Morita)</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Hip&#243;tese diagn&#243;stica</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, forma familiar; do tipo obstrutivo; epis&#243;dios hipotensivos por obstru&#231;&#227;o din&#226;mica e arritmias ventriculares complexas; quadro final: isquemia mioc&#225;rdica ou tromboembolismo pulmonar.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Dr. Paulo Harada, Dra.Fernando Morita)</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Coment&#225;rio cl&#237;nico</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Paciente jovem com diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica (CMH) forma n&#227;o-obstrutiva e com arritmia ventricular complexa, de etiologia gen&#233;tica com alta penetr&#226;ncia na fam&#237;lia e elevada mortalidade. Apresentou evolu&#231;&#227;o r&#225;pida, o que &#233; incomum, e culminou com morte, apesar de todas as tentativas de tratamento. O heredograma evidencia que em tr&#234;s gera&#231;&#245;es com sete componentes, seis (86%) tinham a doen&#231;a. Desses, cinco (71%) faleceram, sendo quatro de morte s&#250;bita; essas formas foram chamadas por Maron de " formas malignas" <sup>55</sup>.</p>
    <p>O sintoma predominante foi s&#237;ncope e pr&#233;-s&#237;ncope recorrente que, somadas &#224; hist&#243;ria familiar de morte s&#250;bita, levaram &#224; indica&#231;&#227;o de implante de cardiodesfibrilador (realizado em outro servi&#231;o), pois arritmia &#233; a causa mais freq&#252;ente. Essa persistiu e motivou a procura por nosso servi&#231;o. S&#237;ncope<sup>56</sup> ocorre em aproximadamente 15% dos pacientes com cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, sendo muito pouco estudada. As causas s&#227;o arritmias ventriculares, supraventriculares, bradiarritmias, s&#237;ncope vasovagal e obstru&#231;&#227;o de via de sa&#237;da do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo.</p>
    <p>Os exames complementares realizados mostraram acometimento card&#237;aco moderado (septo de 25 mm e &#225;trio esquerdo de 44 mm, sem gradiente importante e sem disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica); a resson&#226;ncia magn&#233;tica mostrou fibrose importante. O estudo eletrofisiol&#243;gico n&#227;o induziu arritmias.</p>
    <p>O tratamento cl&#237;nico com agentes foi limitado pelo fato de a paciente ser hipotensa (n&#227;o tolerou o bloqueador de canais de c&#225;lcio). Mesmo assim, em vista dos sintomas (palpita&#231;&#245;es), foi tentado betabloqueador em pequenas doses e depois amiodarona em altas doses, sem sucesso. Foram tentadas v&#225;rias programa&#231;&#245;es na fun&#231;&#227;o de marcapasso do cardiodesfibrilador, tamb&#233;m sem sucesso. Como a paciente n&#227;o tinha obstru&#231;&#227;o, o tratamento invasivo com marcapasso, oclus&#227;o do ramo septal da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria descendente anterior pelo &#225;lcool e cardiomiectomia transvalvular a&#243;rtica n&#227;o est&#227;o indicados<sup>57,58</sup>. </p>
    <p>Em rela&#231;&#227;o aos fatores preditores de morte s&#250;bita<sup>57,58-60</sup>, a paciente apresentava taquicardia ventricular sustentada, s&#237;ncope recorrente, gen&#243;tipo de risco, era jovem e n&#227;o houve tempo para avaliar a resposta hipotensora ao exerc&#237;cio. Faleceu de forma s&#250;bita, iniciada por hipotens&#227;o arterial que n&#227;o respondeu &#224; medica&#231;&#227;o seguida de taquicardia ventricular e parada cardiorrespiratoria irrevers&#237;vel. Em minha opini&#227;o, a paciente apresentava, al&#233;m de todos os fatores de risco j&#225; citados, altera&#231;&#227;o da regula&#231;&#227;o auton&#244;mica que foi determinante para o desfecho do caso e sobre a qual pouco se conhece e pouco se pode fazer. Fica o aprendizado de que, nessa mol&#233;stia, nem toda s&#237;ncope recorrente &#233; resultado de arritmia ventricular complexa. Esse fato j&#225; tinha sido observado por Medeiros e cols.<sup>60</sup> em um grupo de 26 pacientes com dois fatores de risco de morte s&#250;bita submetidos a implante de cardiodesfibrilador implant&#225;vel, no qual quatro tiveram recorr&#234;ncia de s&#237;ncope sem evento arr&#237;tmico. O estudo posterior pelo m&#233;todo do <italic>tilt test</italic> foi normal naqueles pacientes. </p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Dr. Edmundo Arteaga<italic>)</italic></bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Necropsia</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Na necropsia, o cora&#231;&#227;o pesava cerca de 400 gramas (normal em torno de 250 a 300 gramas para a mulher). Havia dois cabos do cardiodesfibrilador implantados no &#225;trio e no ventr&#237;culo direitos, com trombose parcial em organiza&#231;&#227;o envolvendo segmentos de tais cabos em seu trajeto na veia jugular e cava superior, sem evid&#234;ncias de processo infeccioso no estudo histol&#243;gico (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02">fig. 2</xref>). No corte tipo quatro c&#226;maras, havia hipertrofia assim&#233;trica da parede ventricular esquerda, com espessura maior no septo interventricular (cerca de 2 cm) em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224; parede livre (cerca de 1,2 cm), resultando numa raz&#227;o de cerca de 1,67 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02">fig. 2</xref>). Tal hipertrofia parecia restringir a via de sa&#237;da do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo. O corte transversal tornou evidente a diminui&#231;&#227;o importante da cavidade ventricular esquerda (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig03">fig. 3</xref>). Havia ainda &#225;reas de fibrose transmural macroscopicamente identific&#225;veis nas paredes septal, p&#243;stero-septal, anterior e apical do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo, bem como uma &#225;rea de fibrose subendoc&#225;rdica relacionada &#224; regi&#227;o de implante do cabo da cardiodesfibrilador no &#225;pice do ventr&#237;culo direito (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02">fig. 2</xref> e <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig03">3</xref>). Os &#225;trios mostravam-se dilatados e havia espessamento endoc&#225;rdico do &#225;trio esquerdo. As valvas atrioventriculares e ventr&#237;culo-arteriais n&#227;o mostravam anomalias macrosc&#243;picas. As coron&#225;rias epic&#225;rdicas apresentavam-se normais, mas, na microscopia, arter&#237;olas esparsas mostravam espessamento irregular da parede com estreitamento da luz. A histologia demonstrou ainda hipertrofia das fibras e m&#250;ltiplos focos de " cardiomi&#243;citos em desarranjo" caracterizados por perda da orienta&#231;&#227;o paralela habitual entre as fibras, assumindo disposi&#231;&#227;o aleat&#243;ria (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig04">fig. 4</xref>). O desarranjo estava presente n&#227;o s&#243; nos cortes do septo, mas tamb&#233;m da parede livre do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo. A colora&#231;&#227;o pelo tricr&#244;mico de Masson destacou tamb&#233;m nos cortes microsc&#243;picos as &#225;reas de fibrose j&#225; relatadas (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig05">fig. 5</xref>). </p>
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      <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-90-01-0064-00010-gf02.jpg"/></fig>
    <fig id="fig03">
      <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-90-01-0064-00010-gf03.jpg"/></fig>
    <fig id="fig04">
      <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-90-01-0064-00010-gf04.jpg"/></fig>
    <fig id="fig05">
      <graphic xlink:href="1678-4170-abc-90-01-0064-00010-gf05.jpg"/></fig>
    <p>Nos demais &#243;rg&#227;os, observavam-se sinais de insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca congestiva, tais como congest&#227;o passiva cr&#244;nica hep&#225;tica e pulmonar, com placas de ateroma discretas e focais em tronco pulmonar e art&#233;rias pulmonares centrais, e sinais de choque, a saber: edema pulmonar intra-alveolar, edema cerebral com hernia&#231;&#227;o de am&#237;gdalas cerebelares e colapso centro-lobular hep&#225;tico com necrose inicial de hepat&#243;citos. Choque cardiog&#234;nico foi considerado a causa imediata do &#243;bito. N&#227;o havia tromboembolismo pulmonar, o que era d&#250;vida cl&#237;nica. </p>
    <p>
      <bold>(Dra. Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Diagn&#243;sticos anatomopatol&#243;gicos</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica assim&#233;trica; insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca congestiva, com congest&#227;o passiva cr&#244;nica hep&#225;tica e pulmonar com hipertens&#227;o pulmonar passiva leve; e choque cardiog&#234;nico. </p>
    <p>(<bold>Dra. Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold></p>
    <p>
      <bold>Coment&#225;rios</bold>
    </p>
    <p>O primeiro dado importante para correla&#231;&#227;o anatomocl&#237;nica, neste caso, &#233; a devastadora hist&#243;ria familiar, demonstrando o car&#225;ter gen&#233;tico autoss&#244;mico dominante da cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica, que condiciona uma variedade de muta&#231;&#245;es no c&#243;digo para produ&#231;&#227;o de prote&#237;nas contr&#225;teis que constroem o sarc&#244;mero card&#237;aco<sup>61</sup> e levam a geometria e fun&#231;&#227;o aberrantes do cora&#231;&#227;o. Junto a esse aspecto, est&#227;o as informa&#231;&#245;es negativas para as demais desordens que potencialmente poderiam gerar hipertrofia card&#237;aca, como a hipertens&#227;o arterial sist&#234;mica e a estenose a&#243;rtica, que n&#227;o acometiam a doente.</p>
    <p>Na avalia&#231;&#227;o macrosc&#243;pica do cora&#231;&#227;o, observa-se o fen&#243;tipo quase t&#237;pico ou cl&#225;ssico da doen&#231;a representado pela " hipertrofia septal assim&#233;trica" , termo utilizado no passado como sinon&#237;mia da doen&#231;a por ser o aspecto presente na maior parte dos casos<sup>62,63</sup>. Para a descri&#231;&#227;o cl&#225;ssica, faltaria apenas a les&#227;o no endoc&#225;rdio septal dita " imagem em espelho" ou " les&#227;o de impacto" <sup>64</sup>, que &#233; gerada pelo impacto constante da c&#250;spide anterior da mitral na parede de um septo bem hipertr&#243;fico e saliente, aspecto esse que indicaria morfologicamente um componente funcional obstrutivo, que n&#227;o havia no caso. A forma com hipertrofia sim&#233;trica tamb&#233;m &#233; usual, e o crit&#233;rio ainda utilizado para sua defini&#231;&#227;o &#233; a raz&#227;o entre a medida do septo e a parede livre menor que 1,3, pois sendo maior ou igual, &#233; considerada hipertrofia assim&#233;trica<sup>63</sup>, como no presente caso. O aumento do peso total e a dilata&#231;&#227;o atrial s&#227;o tamb&#233;m achados comuns na cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica<sup>62</sup>.</p>
    <p>Na microscopia de luz, os achados tamb&#233;m foram caracter&#237;sticos no que se refere &#224; presen&#231;a de desarranjo dos miocardi&#243;citos, &#225;reas de fibrose substituindo o m&#250;sculo card&#237;aco e arter&#237;olas intramioc&#225;rdicas anormais com luz estreita, aspectos esses que se inter-relacionam, sendo o primeiro possivelmente o resultado direto da anormalidade estrutural e/ou funcional da prote&#237;na sarcom&#233;rica mutada, e os demais, uma resposta secund&#225;ria<sup>64</sup>. Preconiza-se que o desarranjo deva estar presente em um m&#237;nimo de 10% do mioc&#225;rdio examinado histologicamente (no presente caso esteve em cerca de 15% a 20%), corroborando o diagn&#243;stico de cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica junto com as outras altera&#231;&#245;es histol&#243;gicas, j&#225; que o desarranjo em si n&#227;o &#233; patognom&#244;nico<sup>65</sup>. Al&#233;m disso, na microscopia de luz, a desorienta&#231;&#227;o das fibras tem sido tamb&#233;m dividida em alguns subtipos, definindo a express&#227;o do desarranjo n&#227;o s&#243; entre as fibras (fibra a fibra), mas tamb&#233;m entre os feixes de fibras mioc&#225;rdicas<sup>65</sup>, aspectos esses que tamb&#233;m devem ser considerados.</p>
    <p>Em resumo, o diagn&#243;stico da cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica &#233; resultado de todo o conjunto de dados da hist&#243;ria cl&#237;nica, aspectos macrosc&#243;picos do exame card&#237;aco e estudo histol&#243;gico com m&#250;ltiplos cortes do mioc&#225;rdio em suas diferentes regi&#245;es. Tal conjunto no presente caso foi bastante caracter&#237;stico da CMH. </p>
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      <bold>(Dra. Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold>
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          <subject>Anatomopathological Session</subject>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">Case 01/2008: a young female patient with the familial form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who evolved with syncope, complex ventricular arrhythmia and cardiogenic shock</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL SESSION</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Case 01/2008 &#150; a young female patient with the familial form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who evolved with syncope, complex ventricular arrhythmia and cardiogenic shock</bold>
      </p>
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        <bold>Paulo Harada; Fernando Morita; Edmundo Arteaga; Afonso Akio Shiozaki; Jussara Bianchi Castelli</bold>
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      <p>Heart Institute (InCor), University of S&#227;o Paulo Medical School, Brazil</p>
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      <p><bold>Key words:</bold> Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; syncope; arrhythmia; shock, cardiogenic.</p>
      <p>A 19-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred to the hospital (Heart Institute (InCor), University of S&#227;o Paulo Medical School, Brazil) for treatment. </p>
      <p> The diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had been achieved at 5 years of age at the time of the cardiologic assessment carried out in the patient's family. The assessment was indicated considering the family history of several cases of the disease. The patient's father had a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which evolved to cardiac dilation and he was finally submitted to orthotopic heart transplant. Paternal uncles and grandparents also presented the disease. Two of the patient's brothers presented the same condition and one had died of sudden death. </p>
      <p> The patient presented repeated episodes of syncope during the clinical evolution. She had been submitted to the implantation of an implantable cardiodefibrillator (ICD) three years before. After the implant, she started to present syncope episodes again and no defibrillating activity could be detected in the implanted device. She was then referred to Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o (InCor).  </p>
      <p> At the first medical assessment at the hospital (11/16/2006), she complained of frequent episodes of palpitation associated to short-term general malaise, precordial pain, shortness of breath and pre-syncope. The last syncope episode had occurred four months prior to this medical visit. She also complained about shortness of breath triggered by strenuous physical effort.  </p>
      <p> The patient did not use beta-blockers or calcium channel antagonists. These drugs had been previously prescribed and used by the patient, but they had caused arterial hypotension and consequently, their use was withdrawn.  </p>
      <p> The physical examination (11/16/2006) disclosed weight=56 kg, height = 1.56 m, body mass index (BMI) = 23 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, regular pulse, heart rate = 60 bpm and BP=100 / 60 mmHg. Lung assessment was normal. The heart assessment showed systolic murmur at aortic focus +++/6 irradiating to the left sternum border and mitral area.  </p>
      <p> The electrocardiogram (11/13/2006) disclosed pacemaker rhythm, normofunctioning double chamber and left atrial overload.  </p>
      <p> Laboratory assessment (11/13/2006) showed hemoglobin = 13.6 g/dl, hematocrit = 41%, creatinine = 1.02 mg/dl, potassium = 4.6 mEq/l and sodium = 139 mEq/l.  </p>
      <p> The echocardiogram (11/28/2006) showed an aortic diameter of 24 mm, left atrium diameter of 44 mm, diastolic and systolic left ventricle diameters of 34 and 22 mm, respectively, with a left ventricle ejection fraction of 66%; the interventricular septum thickness was 18 mm and the left ventricular posterior wall thickness was 9 mm. There was a marked asymmetric hypertrophy of the septal and lateral walls with a hyperdynamic systolic performance, no alterations in segmental mobility, mild diastolic dysfunction, mild mitral insufficiency and maximum intra-ventricular gradient of 27 mmHg at rest. </p>
      <p> Holter monitoring of the cardiac rhythm (11/27/2006) disclosed a sinus rhythm, alternating with the rhythm stimulated by the artificial pacemaker. The atrioventricular conduction alternated periods of normal conduction with others that presented ventricular stimulation by the pacemaker electrode. The heart rate (HR) varied from 59 to 158 bpm; the ventricular extrasystoles were polymorphic, isolated and rare (a total of 4 during the entire recording). The atrial extrasystoles were also rare and isolated (a total of 16). The symptoms of visual darkening and fatigue after physical exertion were related with increased cardiac frequency, without arrhythmias, during physical stress.  </p>
      <p> The ergorespiratory study revealed a maximum VO<sub>2</sub> of 18 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>, with no increase in the systolic blood pressure during physical stress.  </p>
      <p> The patient received a prescription of propranolol, 40 mg. She, however, presented arterial hypotension and complained of the persistence of the episodes of pre-syncope. The clinical follow-up visit (Jan. 2007) showed BP= 120 / 80 mmHg with the patient in dorsal decubitus, 120 / 70 mmHg with the patient in the sitting position and 90 / 60 mmHg with the patient standing.  </p>
      <p> During the clinical visit she presented malaise and pre-syncope symptoms, with a heart rate of 120 bpm, which improved after a few minutes when there was a decrease of the heart rate to 80 bpm. </p>
      <p> On 01/13/2007 asymptomatic supraventricular paroxystic tachycardia wad documented during sleep.  </p>
      <p> The patient received a diagnosis of the familial form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, non-obstructive, without complex arrhythmia, with episodes of supraventricular paroxystic tachycardia that caused hypotension and pre-syncope. Due to the patient's intolerance to beta-blockers and calcium-blockers, oral amiodarone therapy (600 mg) was initiated.  </p>
      <p> During the evolution, the patient sought emergency medical care (02/02/2007) as she had presented two syncope episodes; the assessment of the implantable cardiodefibrillator did not identify arrhythmia or defibrillator shock.  </p>
      <p> She evolved with the same general malaise and frequent pre-syncope episodes. On 02/05/2007 she had a syncope episode at home, which was accompanied by a family member who was a physician, presenting hypotension followed by the implantable defibrillator shock and cessation of symptoms. She had no symptoms when she arrived at the emergency department of InCor. The assessment of the implantable defibrillator showed ventricular tachycardia. Amiodarone was administered by IV route (300 mg followed by 900 mg IV within a 24-hour period).  </p>
      <p> The patient was admitted at the hospital and continued to have malaise episodes, characterized by precordial pain, sudoresis, bad peripheral perfusion and arterial hypotension associated to increase in the HR.  </p>
      <p> The electrocardiogram (02/09/2007) with inhibited pacemaker showed a sinus rhythm, left atrial overload and alterations in the ventricular repolarization (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig01-body2">Fig. 1</xref>).</p>
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      <p> On 02/12/2007 the patient was submitted to an echocardiogram with increase of the pacemaker frequency from 60 to 90 bpm; an increase in the gradient of the left ventricular outflow tract from 27 to 40 mmHg, as well as malaise symptoms, was observed.  </p>
      <p> An electrophysiological study was performed to conduct a possible ablation of the supraventricular paroxystic tachycardia on 02/16/2007 under amiodarone use, with no induction of atrial or ventricular arrhythmias or retrograde conduction of the electro-cardiac stimulation. </p>
      <p> The heart angiotomography (02/16/2007) showed a septal thickness of 30 mm and extensive and confluent late enhancement in the subendocardial region. The calcium score in the coronary arteries was 0 Agstaton.  </p>
      <p> On the 16<sup>th</sup> day of hospital admission (02/20/2007) she presented another episode of syncope at rest. After the episode, the heart rate was 96 bpm and BP was 70/40 mmHg. She improved after volemic expansion; the cardiodefibrillator device recording system did not show arrhythmia. In the afternoon of the same day she presented a new syncope episode with arterial hypotension, BP of 80/50 mmHg and HR of 76 bpm. During the electrocardiographic assessment, ventricular tachycardia with broad QRS complex and heart rate of 130 bpm were observed, which evolved to ventricular fibrillation, followed by the implantable cardiodefibrillator shock with reversion of the picture. She was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and amiodarone IV, 900 mg/day was maintained. Propranolol 10 mg, given orally, was initiated every 8 hours.  </p>
      <p> The propranolol dose was slowly increased, with no alterations in BP. However, the patient still presented the same previously related malaise episodes associated to slight increases in heart rate (70 to 90 bpm).  </p>
      <p> The pro-arrhythmic effect of amiodarone was considered and its dose was reduced, followed by an increase in the beta-blocker dose and decrease in the heart rate of the pacemaker entrance to 45 bpm. The tilt-test was indicated to investigate the possibility of a neurocardiogenic syncope.  </p>
      <p> Laboratory assessment (02/22/2007) showed creatinine of 0.8 mg/dl, urea of 21 mg/dl, potassium 4.1 mEq/l and sodium 138 mEq/l. </p>
      <p> On the following day (03/23/2007) amiodarone was prescribed at a dose of 200 mg administered orally every 12h, and the propranolol dose was increased to 30 mg administered orally every 8h. The patient presented several episodes of malaise with a Cheyne-Stokes respiratory pattern and heart rate between 60 and 100 bpm. Considering the increase of the intraventricular gradient associated to HR increases, the propranolol dose was increased to 40 mg administered orally every 8h and metoprolol was started, administered by IV route (3 ampoules during this period from 7 pm to 11 pm). Non-invasive ventilation was also started with positive pressure for the treatment of symptoms related to the Cheyne-Stokes respiratory pattern. She improved after the positive pressure respiration was started, with HR between 55 and 60 bpm and BP of 90/60 mmHg.  </p>
      <p> Three hours later the patient complained of severe malaise and presented sudoresis, bad perfusion and dyspnea as well as arterial hypotension of 50/30 mmHg and HR of 55 bpm.  </p>
      <p> Despite the positive-pressure ventilation, volemic expansion with crystalloid and dopamine administration by IV route, she did not improve. She started to present ventricular tachycardia, treated by the implantable cardiodefibrillator. She was submitted to an orotracheal intubation for respiratory support and noradrenaline was started. A few hours later (02/24/2007) she presented cardiac arrest with pulseless electrical activity, which did not respond to the resuscitation maneuvers.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Comments on the exams:</bold>
      </p>
      <p>ECG (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig01-body2"><bold>Figure 1</bold></xref>)</p>
      <p>The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other cardiac hypertrophies can present initial narrowing of the QRS complex due to intraventricular conduction disorders, which can simulate the presence of pre-excitation.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Prof. Dr. Paulo Jorge Moffa)</bold>
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      <p>
        <bold>Tomography</bold>
      </p>
      <p>The patient was submitted to 64-Section CT (Toshiba Inc.) with non-ionic iodated contrast injection (Iopamiron&#174; Schering) for the evaluation of the myocardial fibrosis. </p>
      <p> Asymmetric septal hypertrophy was also observed with a 27 mm septum and the presence of late myocardial enhancement (fibrosis) with a confluent pattern predominantly at the junction between the septum and the right ventricular free wall. </p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Dr. Afonso Akio Shiozaki).</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Clinical Aspects</bold>
      </p>
      <p>We shall comment here the case of a patient with a confirmed diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a positive family history on the paternal side, with intermittent episodes of dyspnea, palpitation, precordial pain and pre-syncope, who, despite the presence of an implantable cardiodefibrillator (ICD), presented repeated episodes of syncope, with some of them not being triggered by arrhythmias.</p>
      <p> The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetically-inherited disease in cardiology, with a prevalence of 0.2%<sup>1</sup> among the general population and present in all age ranges, from newborns to octogenarians. It is characterized by myocardial hypertrophy with no underlying cause such as hypertension or aortic stenosis. It has an asymmetric presentation with a preference for the septum and anterolateral wall. Histologically, there is disarray of the muscle fibers due to alterations in the sarcomere protein, fibrosis and increase of the interstitial matrix; they are not all specific to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but should be present in at least 10% of the ventricular mass for a histological diagnosis<sup>2</sup>. There is thickening of the intramural coronary arteries and ischemia, a mechanism co-responsible for angina, evolution to the dilated phase, arrhythmias and sudden death<sup>3</sup>. There is also increase of the left ventricular mass, decrease in ventricular volume and compliance, mitral regurgitation and obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract, with 5% to 10% of the patients progressing to the dilated phase<sup>4</sup>, as in the case of the patient's father. There is an increased risk of death, especially sudden death, which is associated with ventricular arrhythmias. </p>
      <p> The disease has an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance in 50% of the cases, a figure which can be underestimated due to the variable gene penetrance, strict echocardiographic criteria and incomplete analysis of the families<sup>5</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Other forms are the consequence of sporadic mutations. There are at least 10 genes involved in the disease<sup>6</sup>, all related to sarcomere proteins and that involve more than 150 types of mutations, with the possibility of the presence of more than 1 mutation among the members of the same family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<sup>4</sup>. Additionally, the same gene can present variable expression<sup>6,7</sup>. Thus, all these genetic characteristics justify the spectrum of presentation of the disease, with varied degrees of hypertrophy, onset of the disease manifestations and sudden death risk.  </p>
      <p> Obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract at rest is present in 25% of the patients<sup>3,8</sup>. However, it is important to stress that only one measurement at rest is insufficient for the analysis, considering its dynamic behavior<sup>8</sup>. During the systole, in addition to the septal hypertrophy itself, the anterior movement of the mitral valve (attributed to the Venturi effect) and septum deviation with constriction of the outflow tract are associated. These mechanisms are supported by the decreased venous return and post-load and increased contractility. Diastolic dysfunction and decreased cavity diameters are very common. It is noteworthy the fact that the patient was classified as having the non-obstructive form, but functionally she presented an intraventricular gradient of 40 mmHg with the pacemaker stimulation.  </p>
      <p> Most of the patients have mild symptoms. Dyspnea is the most common symptom<sup>3</sup>, followed by angina<sup>9</sup> and less frequently, fatigue, palpitations, pre-syncope, syncope and congestive heart failure (CHF) symptoms in those who evolve to the dilated phase. Symptomatic individuals, like our patient, have a worse prognosis than the asymptomatic ones<sup>10-13</sup>. However, the diagnosis is frequently attained during the screening of family members.  </p>
      <p> Although it can present at any phase of life, the disease typically develops during puberty<sup>14</sup>. It is important to remember that, regarding the follow-up of family members, a single examination is not enough to rule out the disease, especially in adolescents and children.  </p>
      <p> The symptoms can be induced by several mechanisms<sup>3</sup>, which include: intraventricular gradient at rest or during stress, myocardial dysfunction, subendocardial ischemia, ischemia due to compression of the myocardial bridge, tachy- and bradyarrhythmias (the latter being uncommon) , in addition to diastolic dysfunction.  </p>
      <p> The major complications associated to the disease are death, heart failure (HF), arrhythmias, cerebral vascular accidents (CVA) and infectious endocarditis<sup>15</sup>. The annual mortality in the reference centers, which usually include the symptomatic patients, is approximately 2% in adults, with values between 4 and 6% during childhood and adolescence<sup>16-20</sup>. The most prevalent causes of mortality are sudden cardiac death, HF and CVA<sup>15</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Sudden death is more common in young people, whereas HF and CVA are more frequently observed at older age ranges. The mean age at death among patients with this disease ranges from 56 to 59 years<sup>10</sup>.  </p>
      <p> The factors associated with death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy include: advanced symptoms at the time of the diagnosis, atrial fibrillation associated with embolic CVA, basal gradient &gt; 30 mmHg, disease identification at childhood and left ventricular hypertrophy &gt; 25 mm<sup>20</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Syncope, a recurrent symptom in the patient, occurs at least once throughout the life of 15% to 25% of the patients. Another 20% of them will present pre-syncope. Many mechanisms are involved in the physiopathology of low output. The obstruction of the outflow tract is one of these mechanisms, aided by the venous return decrease, increased cardiac contractility and decreased left ventricular post-load<sup>21-24</sup>. Therefore, orthostasis, hypovolemia, physical activity, vasodilators and tachycardia aid the low output and its symptoms. In the case of our patient, there was echocardiographic documentation of this mechanism with increased pacemaker stimulation, as well as blood pressure decrease with orthostasis. Another factor is the ischemia during physical stress due to previously described intramural coronary abnormalities, myocardial bridge and increased overload due to the intensification of the intraventricular gradient<sup>9,23-30</sup>. An abnormal baropressure reflex is a present mechanism, for which there was no time to investigate in the patient above<sup>23,24,30</sup>. Supraventricular arrhythmias are present in 25% to 50% of the patients and the most frequent is the atrial fibrillation, which is not well tolarated<sup>31</sup>. Whenever possible, anticoagulation therapy must be administered to these patients due to the elevated risk of thromboembolism<sup>32-34</sup>. Ventricular arrhythmias are considered responsible for a large number of sudden death outcomes, whereas bradyarrhythmias are quite rare.  </p>
      <p> The non-intervention treatments are based on observational data and not on randomized trials. The pharmacological therapy is not recommended for asymptomatic patients, as there is no evidence of prognostic improvement in this population<sup>35</sup>.  </p>
      <p> The use of beta-blockers improves symptoms such as angina, dyspnea and syncope. However, the treatment response is variable, with two-thirds of the patients presenting improvement<sup>36</sup>. Nevertheless, abrupt medication withdrawal must be avoided due to the rebound effect of hypersensitivity to receptors. Regarding the calcium-channel blockers, verapamil is the one with the largest experience and it is effective in those patients who do not tolerate beta-blockers<sup>37</sup>. Disopyramide is an anti-arrhythmic drug with negative inotropic effect indicated in the literature<sup>38</sup>, but it is not available in Brazil. All of them act by controlling the physiopathological mechanisms of the symptoms: decrease in cardiac contractility, decrease in HR and increase in diastolic filling time<sup>37</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Conversely, the use of digoxin must be avoided, as well as vasodilators such as nitrates, angiotensin-converting inhibitors, angiotensin receptor antagonists and nifedipine. All of them potentiate the increase in the intraventricular gradient. Diuretics should be used with caution, as although they improve symptoms such as dyspnea and edema, they can aid the gradient and low-output increase.  </p>
      <p> The use of antiarrhythmic drugs is controversial, regarding the control of arrhythmias as well as prognosis and they do not substitute the ICD implant<sup>39</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Non-pharmacological therapies such as myomectomy and alcohol septal ablation are indicated for patients with symptoms that are refractory to the optimized clinical treatment<sup>40-42</sup>. The patient could benefit from such therapies, as there are data in the literature on symptomatic patients with an induced gradient &gt; 30 mmHg who had their symptoms controlled by septal ablation<sup>43</sup>. Nonetheless, it is important to stress that these data are from centers that have experience with these procedures. The bicameral pacemaker therapy was an alternative suggested in the beginning of the 80's; however, evidence from later trials showed a decrease of only 50% in the gradient with no improvement regarding tolerance to physical exercise<sup>40-43</sup>, suggesting an important interference of the placebo effect. The current recommendation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association is to use it only in patients with sinus node dysfunction and atrioventricular blocking.  </p>
      <p> Sudden death is the most feared complication of the disease and the availability of effective prophylactic treatment (ICD), the identification of patients at increased risk acquired important clinical significance.  </p>
      <p> The two most important risk factors defined at the consensus of the American College of Cardiology/ European Society of Cardiology (ACC/ESC) in 2003 are previous arrhythmic events: reverted sudden death and spontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardia<sup>44</sup>. These patients present a high risk of recurrence and there is no doubt about the indication of the ICD use.  </p>
      <p> Most patients do not survive the first ventricular arrhythmic event. Therefore, it is mandatory to identify the predictive factors to establish adequate primary prophylaxis.  </p>
      <p> The five major additional risk factors mentioned at the ACC/ESC consensus of 2003 are: family history of sudden death, syncope that is not clearly ascribable to another cause, presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, left ventricular hypertrophy &gt; 30 mm and abnormal pressure response to physical stress.  </p>
      <p> Other possibly implicated factors are: younger age at diagnosis<sup>16</sup>, gradient &gt; 30 mmHg<sup>45-46</sup>, presence of diastolic dysfunction<sup>47</sup> and some specific genotypes<sup>48</sup>.  </p>
      <p> The higher the number of risk factors, the higher is the risk of sudden death and the higher the chance of benefitting from the ICD implant. Patients with two or more major risk factors should receive an ICD as primary prophylaxis<sup>45,49</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Our patient initially presented three major risk factors: family history of sudden death, repeated syncope episodes and a 30 mm septum. She received the correct therapy with the ICD implant, which was subsequently proved by the occurrence of appropriate shocks.  </p>
      <p> Due to dynamic nature of the disease, all patients must be evaluated annually, including the assessment of the arrhythmia risk with history, physical examination, echocardiography, Holter monitoring and ergometric stress test to evaluate the pressure response<sup>47</sup>. </p>
      <p> Abnormal pressure response to exercise, a symptom present in our patient, occurs in 20 to 40% of patients with HCM<sup>50,51</sup>. It is characterized by an increase in the systolic BP &lt; 20 mmHg during exercise or abnormal decrease during the recovery phase<sup>52,53</sup>. The development of gradient at the left ventricular (LV) outflow tract during exercise is not the only reason for that. Patients with non-obstructive disease can present this symptom and it seems to be related to an inappropriate vasodilation in the non-exercised muscles<sup>50-52</sup> and subendocardial ischemia<sup>53</sup>. The patient presented extensive and confluent late enhancement in the subendocardial region at the cardiac CT, an alteration that can concur with fibrosis and myocardial ischemia.  </p>
      <p> Some patients with HCM occasionally present acute hemodynamic collapse secondary to the acute obstruction of the LV outflow tract, a situation that is compatible with the present case. The patient can complain of thoracic pain, palpitations, pre-syncope, postural hypotension and syncope and the diagnosis is confirmed by the echocardiogram. They present sinus tachycardia, hypotension, low jugular venous pressure, radiographic evidence of HF and systolic murmur of the LV outflow tract obstruction and mitral insufficiency. The syndrome can occur spontaneously or be precipitated by events that increase the obstruction, such as beta-blocker or calcium-channel blocker withdrawal, pre-load decrease due to dehydration or diuretics, post-load decrease due to the administration of vasodilators and tachycardia. In the case of this patient, this is a probable mechanism of the hemodynamic deterioration, considering that she presented compatible symptoms and, at the evolution, she presented ventricular tachycardia treated by the cardiodefibrillator. Milder cases can be treated with oral fluids and beta-blockers, whereas the pre-load increase with leg elevation and the intravenous (IV) administration of fluids are indicated for the more severe cases.  </p>
      <p> The vasopressor support, initially with dopamine and later with noradrenaline, was correct from a physiopathological point of view, although the literature recommends the use of phenylephrine<sup>54</sup>. The IV administration of beta-blockers and disopyramide<sup>38</sup> are other treatment options.  </p>
      <p> Other contributing factors to the presented outcome would be the presence of myocardial ischemia, the negative inotropic effect of the drugs and dysautonomy with inadequate vasoconstriction. Pulmonary thromboembolism is another hypothesis that must be considered  </p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Dr. Paulo Harada, Dr. Fernando Morita)</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Diagnostic hypothesis</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, of the obstructive type; hypotensive episodes due to dynamic obstruction and complex ventricular arrhythmias; final picture: myocardial ischemia or pulmonary thromboembolism. </p>
      <p>
        <bold> (Dr. Paulo Harada, Dr. Fernando Morita)</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Clinical Commentary</bold>
      </p>
      <p>The patient was a young woman with a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), of the non-obstructive type and presented complex ventricular arrhythmia, of genetic etiology with high penetrance in the family and high mortality. She presented a fast evolution, which is uncommon, that culminated in death, despite all attempts to treat her. The heredogram showed that, throughout three generations of the family with seven components, six (86%) had the disease. Of these, 5 (71%) died, four of them due to sudden death; these forms were called the "malignant forms" by Maron<sup>55</sup>.</p>
      <p> The predominant symptom was recurrent syncope and pre-syncope which, added to the family history of sudden death led to the indication of a cardiodefibrillator implant (performed at another Service), as arrhythmia is the most frequent cause. The latter persisted and therefore, the patient was referred to our Service. Syncope<sup>56</sup> occurs in approximately 15% of the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and it is little studied. The cause is ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, bradyarrhythmias, vasovagal syncope and LV outflow tract obstruction. </p>
      <p> The complementary tests that were carried out showed moderate cardiac involvement (25-mm septum and 44-mm left atrium, with no significant gradient and no diastolic dysfunction); the magnetic resonance showed the presence of significant fibrosis. The electrophysiological study did not induce arrhythmias.  </p>
      <p> The clinical treatment with drugs was limited by the fact that the patient was hypotensive (did not tolerate the calcium-channel blocker). Nevertheless, considering the symptoms (palpitations), the use of beta-blocker at small doses was tried, followed by high-dose amiodarone, without success. Different programming of the pacemaker function was attempted, also without success. As the patient did not have obstruction, the invasive treatment with pacemaker, alcohol occlusion of the septal branch of the anterior descending coronary artery and aortic transvalvular cardiomyectomy were not indicated<sup>57,58</sup>.  </p>
      <p> Regarding the sudden death predicting factors<sup>57,58-60</sup>, the patient was young, presented sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent syncope, risk genotype, and there was no time to evaluate the hypotensive response to exercise. She died of sudden death, which initiated as arterial hypotension that did not respond to medication, followed by ventricular tachycardia and irreversible cardiorespiratory arrest. In my opinion, the patient presented, in addition to all aforementioned risk factors, an alteration in the autonomic regulation that was determinant for the outcome, which is little known and little can be done about it. The acquired knowledge remains, that not every recurrent syncope is the result of complex ventricular arrhythmia. This fact had been previously observed by Medeiros et al. <sup>60</sup> in a group of 26 patients with two risk factors for sudden death submitted to ICD implant, of which 4 presented syncope recurrence without arrhythmic event. The subsequent study carried out by the tilt test was normal in those patients.  </p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Dr. Edmundo Arteaga)</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Necropsy</bold>
      </p>
      <p>At the autopsy, the heart weighed 400 g (the normal weight is around 250 to 300 g for females). There were two cables of the cardiodefibrillator implanted in the right atrium and ventricle, with partial thrombosis in organization involving segments of these cables throughout their pathway in the jugular vein and superior vena cava, with no evidence of infectious processes at the histological assessment (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02-body2">Figure 2</xref>).</p>
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      <p> At the four-chamber cut, there was asymmetric hypertrophy of the LV wall, with higher thickness of the interventricular septum (around 2 cm) when compared to the free wall (around 1.2 cm), resulting in a ratio of approximately 1.67 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02-body2">Figure 2</xref>). Such hypertrophy seems to restrict the LV outflow tract. The cross-section cut clearly showed a significant decrease in the LV cavity (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig03-body2">Figure 3</xref>). In addition, there were areas of transmural fibrosis that were macroscopically identifiable in the septal, postero-septal, anterior and apical wall of the LV, as well as an area of subendocardial fibrosis related to the cardiodefibrillator cable implant at the LV apex (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig02-body2">figures 2</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig03-body2">3</xref>). The atriums were dilated and there was endocardial thickening of the left atrium. The atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial valves did not show macroscopic abnormalities. The epicardial coronaries were normal, but the microscopic assessment disclosed scarce arterioles that showed irregular wall thickening with lumen narrowing. The histological assessment showed fiber hypertrophy and multiple foci of "cardiomyocytes in disarray", characterized by the loss of the usual parallel orientation between the fibers, which took on a random array (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig04-body2">Figure 4</xref>).</p>
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      <p> The disarray was present not only in the septal cuts, but also in the free wall of the LV. The staining by Masson's trichrome also highlighted the previously reported areas of fibrosis in the microscopic cuts (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig05-body2">Figure 5</xref>).</p>
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      <p> The remaining organs showed signs of congestive heart failure, such as chronic passive hepatic and pulmonary congestion, with slight and focal plaques of atheroma in the pulmonary trunk and central pulmonary arteries and signs of shock, as follows: intra-alveolar pulmonary edema, cerebral edema with herniation of the cerebellar amygdala and hepatic centrilobular collapse with initial necrosis of hepatocytes. Cardiogenic shock was considered the immediate cause of death. There was no pulmonary thromboembolism, which was a clinical question.  </p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Dr. Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Anatomopathological Diagnosis</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; congestive heart failure, with chronic passive hepatic and pulmonary congestion and mild passive pulmonary hypertension; and cardiogenic shock. </p>
      <p>(<bold>Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold></p>
      <p>
        <bold>Comments</bold>
      </p>
      <p>The first significant information for the anatomoclinical correlation in this case is the devastating family history, demonstrating the autosomal dominant genetic characteristic of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which comprehends a number of mutations in the code for contractile protein production that construct the cardiac sarcomere<sup>61</sup> and lead to the aberrant heart geometry and function. Additionally, there are the negative data for the other disorders that can potentially generate cardiac hypertrophy, such as systemic arterial hypertension and aortic stenosis, which our patient did not have. </p>
      <p> At the macroscopic evaluation of the heart, the almost typical or classical phenotype of the disease was observed, represented by "asymmetric septal hypertrophy", which is a term used in the past as a synonym of the disease, considering the fact that it was present in most of the cases<sup>62,63</sup>. For the classical description, it would be necessary to add only the septal endocardial lesion, called "mirror image" or "impact lesion"<sup>64</sup>, which is generated by the constant impact of the anterior mitral cuspid on the wall of a quite hypertrophic and protruding septum, an aspect that would morphologically indicate an obstructive functional component, which was not present in this case. The symmetric hypertrophy format is also usual and the criterion that is still used for its definition is a septum / free wall ratio &lt; 1.3; if the ratio is <underline>&gt;</underline> 1.3, the hypertrophy is considered to be asymmetric<sup>63</sup>, as in the present case. The increase in the atrial total weight and dilation are also common findings in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<sup>62</sup>. </p>
      <p> At the light microscopy, the findings were also characteristic regarding the presence of myocardiocyte disarray, areas of fibrosis substituting the cardiac muscle and abnormal intramyocardial arterioles with narrow lumens, which are interrelated aspects, with the first possibly being the direct result of the structural and/or functional abnormality of the mutated sarcomeric protein and the others, a secondary response<sup>64</sup>. </p>
      <p> It is presumed that the disarray is present in at least 10% of the histologically assessed myocardium (in the present case, it was present in 15% to 20%), corroborating the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy together with the other histological alterations, as the disarray alone is not pathognomonic<sup>65</sup>. Additionally, at the light microscopy, the fiber disorientation has also been divided in subtypes, defining the expression of the disarray not only between fibers (fiber to fiber), but also between the bundles of myocardial fibers<sup>65</sup>, which are aspects that must be considered, as well.  </p>
      <p> In summary, the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the result of the entire set of data of the clinical history, macroscopic aspects of the cardiac examination and the histological study with multiple cuts of the myocardium in its different regions. This set of data in the present case was very characteristic of HCM.  </p>
      <p>
        <bold>(Dr. Jussara Bianchi Castelli)</bold>
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