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Molecular Mechanisms behind Persistent Presence of Parvovirus B19 in Human Dilated Myocardium. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1376:181-202. [DOI: 10.1007/5584_2021_702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pennisi G, Spatola F, DI Marco L, DI Martino V, DI Marco V. Impact of Direct-Acting Antivirals (daas) on cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Minerva Gastroenterol (Torino) 2021; 67:254-263. [PMID: 33971709 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-5985.21.02875-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In the last years the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was a relevant public health problem due to the large number of affected people worldwide and the impact on hepatic and extrahepatic complications. The availability of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and the very high rate of sustained virological response (SVR) after treatment has radically changed the course of HCV chronic infection. Robust evidence showed a close link between HCV infection and development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), as result of the atherogenic effect of the virus. This review aims to explore the evidence linking HCV infection with cardiovascular disease and to evaluate the impact of SVR after DAAs on cardiovascular complications.
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- Grazia Pennisi
- Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dipartimento Di Promozione Della Salute, Materno Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica Di Eccellenza (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy -
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- Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dipartimento Di Promozione Della Salute, Materno Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica Di Eccellenza (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical Specialties, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dipartimento Di Promozione Della Salute, Materno Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica Di Eccellenza (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dipartimento Di Promozione Della Salute, Materno Infantile, Medicina Interna e Specialistica Di Eccellenza (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Babiker A, Jeudy J, Kligerman S, Khambaty M, Shah A, Bagchi S. Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Due to Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Review. J Clin Transl Hepatol 2017; 5:343-362. [PMID: 29226101 PMCID: PMC5719192 DOI: 10.14218/jcth.2017.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Hepatitis C (HCV) infection has an estimated global prevalence of 2.5%, causing chronic liver disease in 170 million people worldwide. Recent data has identified HCV infection as a risk factor for subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD), but these data have been mixed and whether HCV is an independent risk factor for development of CVD remains controversial. In this review, we present the literature regarding the association of HCV with subclinical and clinical CVD and the possible underlying mechanisms leading to increased CVD among those infected with HCV. HCV infection leads to increased CVD via direct and indirect mechanisms with chronic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and direct invasion of the arterial wall cited as possible mechanisms. Our review showed that HCV infection, particularly chronic HCV infection, appears to lead to increased subclinical CVD most consistently and potentially also to increased clinical CVD outcomes, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, the majority of studies evaluating the impact of HCV therapy on CVD morbidity and mortality showed an improvement in subclinical and clinical CVD endpoints in patients who were successfully treated and achieved sustained viral suppression. These results are of particular interest following the development of new direct antiviral agents which have made HCV eradication simple and feasible for many more patients globally, and in doing so may possibly reduce CVD morbidity and mortality in those with chronic HCV infection.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- *Correspondence to: Shashwatee Bagchi, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, N359, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Tel: +1-410-706-4606, Fax: +1-410-706-3243, E-mail:
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Ngu PJ, Butler M, Pham A, Roberts SK, Taylor AJ. Cardiac remodelling identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with hepatitis C infection and liver disease. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 32:629-36. [PMID: 26667447 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0824-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Chronic cardiac dysfunction in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) in the absence of alcohol consumption or other cardiac disease is well described. Whilst functional and morphological features of this condition remain unclear, diastolic dysfunction has been implicated by echocardiography. We aimed to evaluate myocardial structure, function and tissue composition with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in patients with hepatitis C and histological evidence of liver disease on biopsy. Contrast-enhanced CMR imaging for morphological, functional and tissue characterization was performed on 16 patients with CLD and 21 healthy controls. Cardiac structure and function was assessed with standard cine imaging, with Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) and myocardial T1 mapping (pre- and post-contrast) performed to evaluate regional and diffuse myocardial fibrosis respectively. Compared to controls, patients with CLD demonstrated lower left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) (138 ± 36 vs. 167 ± 44 mL, p < 0.05), reduced stroke volume (88 ± 20 vs. 109 ± 29 mL, p = 0.016), lower post-contrast myocardial T1 time and higher Partition Coefficient consistent with diffuse myocardial fibrosis (466 ± 78 vs. 545 ± 134 ms and 0.247 ± 0.110 vs. 0.123 ± 0.057 %, p < 0.05 for both). There were no differences in other cardiac parameters including left ventricular mass and ejection fraction (p = NS for all comparisons). No patients in either group had evidence of LGE. Compared to controls, patients with hepatitis C and histological evidence liver involvement have lower LVEDV, SV and increased diffuse myocardial fibrosis, all of which are associated with diastolic dysfunction. LVEF and LV mass were preserved. This may explain in part previous functional observations made by echocardiography.
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- Phillip J Ngu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. .,Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia.
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Myocardial injury in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. J Hepatol 2013; 58:11-5. [PMID: 22889957 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The existence of a direct pathogenic link between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and myocardial injury has not been confirmed. We investigated the association between myocardial conditions and HCV in patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis using thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy. METHODS In 217 consecutive cases of chronic HCV infection without overt heart disease, we performed electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography, serum tests on myocardial injury and thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy. Myocardial injury was confirmed by severity score (SS), which was calculated as the sum of thallium-201 perfusion defect scores. SS was followed prior to and after interferon (IFN) therapy in 200 patients with chronic hepatitis C. RESULTS An abnormal ECG was found in 9% of the patients with chronic hepatitis C. Abnormal SS was found in 87% of the chronic hepatitis C patients. Independent factors related to higher pretreatment SS were histology activity index score, serum HCV RNA titer, and indocyanine green disappearance rate. After IFN therapy, SS was improved in patients with sustained virologic response. Among relapsers, SS improved at the initial disappearance of HCV RNA, but it worsened with the reappearance of HCV RNA. SS in non-viral responders did not change with IFN therapy. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial perfusion defects were found in 87% of the patients with chronic hepatitis C and improved with viral eradication with IFN therapy.
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Effect of hepatitis C virus infection on the left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions. South Med J 2011; 104:543-6. [PMID: 21886060 DOI: 10.1097/smj.0b013e31822462e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. Multiple extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection have been recognized. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with HCV infection have been recently described in the literature; however, the effect of HCV infection on the left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions is unknown. Therefore, in this study we aimed to examine left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in HCV patients. METHODS AND RESULTS The study included 50 anti-HCV positive patients and 50 persons for control groups. We performed transthorasic echocardiography and P-wave analysis on all participants. We compared left ventricle diastolic parameters, left ventricle ejection fraction, and P-wave dispersion (Pd) between these two groups. In the group with anti-HCV positivity, the ratio of E/A was found to be lower (1.2 ± 0.7 and 1.37 ± 0.6, P = 0.003); the ratio of E/Em was found to be higher (7.6 ± 1.51 and 6.8 ± 1.72, P = 0.0001). Maximum P-wave duration (Pmax) and Pd were higher in the patient group (99.3 ± 8 and 82.4 ± 7.8, P = 0.004; 44.1 ± 0.9 and 25.3 ± 1.5, P = 0.001). No other statistically significant difference was found between the two groups with regard to the left ventricle systolic and diastolic parameters. CONCLUSION Our findings show that HCV infection may be associated with left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction and cardiac arrhythmias.
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Matsumori A. Global alert and response network for hepatitis C virus-derived heart diseases: A call to action. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Shichi D, Matsumori A, Naruse TK, Inoko H, Kimura A. HLA-DPbeta chain may confer the susceptibility to hepatitis C virus-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Immunogenet 2008; 35:37-43. [PMID: 18186799 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2007.00733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart muscle disease characterized by hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction of cardiac ventricles. It is suggested that one possible aetiology of HCM is the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but molecular mechanisms underlying development of HCV-associated HCM (HCV-HCM) remains unknown. Because the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecule is involved in the control of progression/suppression of viral infection, extensive HLA allelic diversity may modulate the post-infectious course of HCV and pathogenesis of HCV-HCM. Here we undertook a case-control study with 38 patients with HCV-HCM and 132 unrelated healthy controls to reveal the potential impact of polymorphisms in seven classical and two non-classical HLA genes on the pathogenesis of HCV-HCM. It was found that DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0901 were significantly associated with increased risk to HCV-HCM in dominant model (P < 0.028, OR = 3.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.19, 13.02) and in recessive model (P < 0.007, OR = 9.85, 95% CI = 1.83, 53.04), respectively. The disparity in the gene-dose effect by two susceptible DPB1 alleles may be attributable to the difference between the susceptible (36 A and 55 A) and resistant (8L, 9F, 11G, 57E and 76M) residue-combination consisting of DPbeta anchor pocket for antigenic peptide-binding. These results implied that the HLA-DP molecules with specificity pocket appropriate for HCV antigen(s) might confer the progressive process of HCM among the HCV-infected individuals.
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- D Shichi
- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Matsumori A. Role of hepatitis C virus in cardiomyopathies. ERNST SCHERING RESEARCH FOUNDATION WORKSHOP 2006:99-120. [PMID: 16329660 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30822-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Virus infection was conventionally considered to cause myocarditis, which resulted in development of dilated cardiomyopathy. Recent studies suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) is involved in the development of dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in addition to myocarditis. Furthermore, left ventricular aneurysm represents the same morbid state not only after myocardial infarction but also after myocarditis. There were wide variations in the frequency of detection of HCV genomes in cardiomyopathies in different regions or in different populations. Major histocompatibility complex class II genes may play a role in the susceptibility to HCV infection, and may influence the development of different phenotypes of cardiomyopathies. If it is the fact that the myocardial damage is caused by HCV, it might be expected that interferon (IFN) treatment would be useful for its treatment. Patients receiving IFN treatment of hepatitis were screened by thallium myocardial scintigraphy, and an abnormality was discovered in half of patients. Treatment with IFN resulted in disappearance of the image abnormality. It has thus been suggested that mild myocarditis and myocardial damage may be cured with IFN. We have recently found that high concentrations of circulating cardiac troponin T are a specific marker of cardiac involvement in HCV infection. By measuring cardiac troponin T in patients with HCV infection, the prevalence of cardiac involvement in hepatitis C virus infection will be clarified. We are proposing a collaborative work on global network on myocarditis/cardiomyopathies due to HCV infection.
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- A Matsumori
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Japan.
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Kcomt W, Nahavandi AA, Myaing M, Alkhalil C, Stein D. Hepatitis C and the heart: to beat or not to beat. Int J Cardiol 2004; 96:147-9. [PMID: 15262027 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2003] [Accepted: 04/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many enteroviruses as well as hepatitis C have been increasingly found in association with cardiomyopathies, even though, the evidence has been inconclusive. METHODS From 1998 to 2001, at the liver clinic of our community-based hospital, in the cohort of hepatitis C patients, infection evidence by PCR confirmation and echocardiographic measures of left ventricular (LV) function were obtained. RESULTS One hundred-eight patients were identified. Fifty percent of them have echocardiographic abnormalities. Patient's mean age was 55 +/- 10 years; 45% women, 55% men; 32% had LVH, 13.8% had high right ventricular systolic pressures, and 4% displayed contractility abnormalities. No cases of dilated or hypertrophic cardiomiopathies were found. CONCLUSIONS Echocardiographic abnormalities are not uncommon findings associated with hepatitis C infection, however all these findings can easily be explained by existing co-morbidities. High right ventricular systolic pressure, suggestive of pulmonary hypertension, which may be secondary to portal hypertension, is an independent finding for hepatitis C.
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- Willam Kcomt
- Internal Medicine, St. Barnabas Hospital, Affiliated to Weil Medical College of Cornell University, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Vincent Agnello
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA.
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Matsumori A, Ohashi N, Ito H, Furukawa Y, Hasegawa K, Sasayama S, Naruse T, Inoko H. Genes of the Major Histocompability Complex Class II Influence the Phenotype of Cardiomyopathies Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9264-2_39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Yan FM, Chen AS, Hao F, Zhao XP, Gu CH, Zhao LB, Yang DL, Hao LJ. Hepatitis C virus may infect extrahepatic tissues in patients with hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2000; 6:805-811. [PMID: 11819700 PMCID: PMC4728266 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v6.i6.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To explore the status of extrahepatic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and replication in hepatitis C patients, and its potential implication in HCV infection and pathogenicity.
METHODS: By reverse-transcriptase poly-merase chain reaction (RT-PCR), in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry, HCV RNA, HCV replicative intermediate (minus-strand of HCV RNA), and HCV antigens were detected in 38 autopsy extrahepatic tissue specimens (including 9 kidneys, 9 hearts, 9 pancreas, 5 intestines, 2 adrenal glands, 2 spleens, 1 lymph node, and 1 gallbladder) from 9 hepatitis C patients, respectively; and the status of HCV replication in extrahepatic tissues was studied.
RESULTS: By RT-PCR, all 9 patients were positive for HCV RNA in kidney, heart, pancreas, and intestine, but only 6 (66.7%) patients were positive for HCV replicative intermediate. HCV RNA and HCV antigens were detected in kidney, heart, pancreas, intestine, adrenal gland, lymph node, and gallbladder in 5 (55.6%) and 6 (66.7%) patients by ISH and immunohistochemistry, respectively. HCV RNA and HCV antigens were not detected in these extrahepatic organs in 3 (33.3%) patients, although their livers were positive for HCV. HCV replicative intermediate detected by RT-PCR was consistent with HCV RNA and HCV antigens detected by ISH and immunohistochemistry (Kappa = 0.42-0.75). HCV RNA and HCV antigens were detected in myocardial cells, epithelial cells of intestinal gladular, interstitial cells of kidney, epithelial cells of tubules and glomerulus, pancreas acinar cells and epithelial cells of pancreatic duct, epithelial cells of mucous membrane sinus of gallbladder, cortex and medulla cells in adrenal gland, and mononuclear cells in lymph node. HCV RNA was also detected in bile duct epithelial cells, sinusoidal cells, and mononuclear cells in liver tissues by ISH.
CONCLUSION: HCV can infect extrahepatic tissues, and many various tissue cells may support HCV replication; extrahepatic HCV infection and replication may be of “concomitant state” in most of patients with hepati tis C. The infected extrahepatic tissues might act as a reservoir for HCV, and play a role in both HCV persistence and reactivation of infection. HCV as an etiologic agent replicating and expressing viral proteins in extrahepatic tissues itself contributes to extrahepatic syndrome associated-HCV infection in a few patients with chronic HCV infection.
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Matsumori A, Hara M, Nagai S, Izumi T, Ohashi N, Ono K, Sasayama S. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 2000; 64:679-83. [PMID: 10981852 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present study aimed to clarify whether cardiac sarcoidosis causes changes that mimic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eighty-two consecutive patients (35 men, 47 women), who were referred to the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, with a diagnosis of pulmonary and/or ocular sarcoidosis (average age, 49.5 years, range 20-74), underwent detailed clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic evaluations; in some patients, right and left heart catheterization, selective coronary artery cineangiography, and right and left endomyocardial biopsies were performed. Over a 15-month period of observation, 6 of these 82 patients (7.3%) were found to have echocardiographic abnormalities: increased thickness of the interventricular septum was found in 4 patients, asymmetric septal hypertrophy in 2, localized septal hypertrophy in 1 and apical hypertrophy in 1 patient. One patient had an 'ace-of-spades' deformity of the left ventricle. Cardiac sardoidosis can mimic, and even present as, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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- A Matsumori
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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Nakamura K, Matsumori A, Kusano KF, Banba K, Taniyama M, Nakamura Y, Morita H, Matsubara H, Yamanari H, Ohe T. Hepatitis C virus infection in a patient with dermatomyositis and left ventricular dysfunction. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 2000; 64:617-8. [PMID: 10952160 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is frequently associated with autoimmune disease. We present here a case of dermatomyositis manifested as heart failure in which HCV was detected from an endomyocardial biopsy sample. HCV infection may have contributed to the left ventricular dysfunction in this patient with dermatomyositis.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
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Matsumori A, Yutani C, Ikeda Y, Kawai S, Sasayama S. Hepatitis C virus from the hearts of patients with myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. J Transl Med 2000; 80:1137-42. [PMID: 10908160 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The myocardium may be the target of several types of viral infections. The importance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been recently noted in patients with myocarditis and in patients with dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The present study sought to detect HCV genomes in formalin-fixed paraffin sections of autopsied hearts from patients with myocarditis and patients with dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Paraffin sections were deparaffinized, RNA was extracted, and the positive and negative strands of HCV RNA were detected by performing reverse transcription and nested polymerase chain reaction. The polymerase chain reaction products were cloned and sequenced. beta-actin gene was used as a control for the successful amplification of a housekeeping gene. Among 106 hearts examined, beta-actin gene was amplified in 61 hearts (57.5%). Among the latter, HCV RNA was detected in 13 hearts (21.3%), and negative strands in 4 hearts (6.6%). HCV RNA was found in 4 hearts (33.3%) with myocarditis, in 3 hearts (11.5%) with dilated cardiomyopathy, and in 6 hearts (26.0%) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The sequences recovered from nine patients were highly homologous to the standard strain of HCV. HCV genomes were not found in either 35 hearts from patients with myocardial infarction or 20 hearts from patients with noncardiac diseases. These HCV RNA positive samples were obtained from 1 heart in 1979, 7 hearts between 1980 and 1989, and 5 hearts since 1990, indicating that HCV RNA can be amplified from paraffin-embedded hearts preserved for many years. This method of detecting HCV genomes in formalin-fixed paraffin cardiac specimens has enabled us to widen our research into HCV infection and has been helpful in identifying the presence of HCV infection in cardiac myopathic disorders.
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- A Matsumori
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Sato Y, Takatsu Y, Yamada T, Kataoka K, Taniguchi R, Mimura R, Sasayama S, Matsumori A. Interferon treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy and striated myopathy associated with hepatitis C virus infection based on serial measurements of serum concentrations of cardiac troponin T. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 2000; 64:321-4. [PMID: 10783058 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present authors recently suggested, on the basis of studies using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is involved in the etiology or pathogenesis of cardiomyopathic disorders. They have also reported that the serum concentration of cardiac troponin T is an indicator of ongoing myocyte degeneration in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypothesized that its serial measurement may be a marker of therapeutic efficacy. This is the first case report of DCM and striated myopathy, associated with HCV infection, treated with interferon therapy guided by monitoring of serial serum concentrations of cardiac troponin T. Positive-plus strands of HCV RNA were found in the patient's myocardium, as well as plus and minus strands in the quadriceps muscle specimens. Serum levels of creatine kinase (CK), CK-MB and cardiac troponin T fell as serum HCV titers decreased during treatment with interferon, whereas conventional treatment of heart failure had no effect. Monitoring of serial serum concentrations of cardiac troponin T may allow the earlier diagnosis and treatment of patients with HCV-associated cardiomyopathy and improve their clinical course.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Japan
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Zebrak J, Skuza B, Pogorzelski A, Ligarska R, Kopytko E, Pawlik J, Rutkiewicz E, Witt M. Partial CFTR genotyping and characterisation of cystic fibrosis patients with myocardial fibrosis and necrosis. Clin Genet 2000; 57:56-60. [PMID: 10733236 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.570108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Myocardial necrosis and fibrosis is a rare complication of cystic fibrosis (CF) causing sudden and unexpected death in infancy due to cardiac arrest. Characteristic morphological lesions are recognisable postmortem. The 18 CF patients with this complication had varied clinical features including mild pulmonary involvement, early onset severe pancreatic insufficiency, and profound electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. In this group of patients, 5 were deltaF508 homozygotes, 1 was deltaF508/ N1303K and 1 was a deltaF508/M compound heterozygote. A pair of affected siblings (deltaF508 homozygotes) were fully concordant for myocardial involvement and for the general course of the disease. The co-existence of a genetic predisposition to myocardial lesions resulting most probably from severe cystic fibrosis transmembrane (CFTR) genotypes (such as deltaF508/deltaF508, deltaF508/N1303K) and deficiency of certain trophic factors necessary for metabolism of the myocardium, are postulated to cause myocardial complications in CF leading to circulatory failure and early death.
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- J Zebrak
- Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Pediatric Division, Rabka, Poland
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