Study of the cardiac alterations in HIV-infected children consequent to the antiretroviral therapy: prospective study of 47 cases
AUTOR(ES)
Herdy, Gesmar Volga Haddad, Pinto, Carlos Alberto M., Lopes, Vania Gloria S., Ribeiro, Raquel P., Gomes, Ivete Martins, Tchou, Hsu Y., Melo, Renata, Kurdian, Bedros, Tavares Jr., Plínio de Assis
FONTE
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2003-03
RESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Detect of cardiac alterations in children with AIDS and compare their evolution with the administration of only one anti-retroviral and the recent cases who received drugs in combination. METHODS: We prospectively studied 47 children in 3 groups: group 1, 20 cases treated only with zidovudine; group 2, 10 patients treated initially with zidovudine and later with a combination of drugs and in group 3, 17 patients, who receiced two or three since the beginning. In all patients it was done chest X-ray, EKG and echocardiography every 6 months and after death complete pathological study. RESULTS: Among the 45 patients cases 26 (57%) were index cases. Malnutrition, diarrhea tachycardia, signs of congestive heart failure, pericardial effusion, abnormal ventricular repolarization and arrhythmias were more frequent in group 1. Echocardiographic abnormalities were present in 10 (50%) children of group 1. They were less frequent in the others two groups. In regard to the outcome in group 1, two patients had worsening of sings of cardiomyopaty and 4 died. Cardiac dysfunction in all cases of group 2 and 3 improved with the medication. CONCLUSION:- The children who received combination and their cardiac alterations had more favorable outcome than those who received only one drug.
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