title: Cardiac morphofunctional injuries in patients with hepatitis C virus: doppler echocardiographic evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the possible morphological and functional heart injuries in hepatitis C virus patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Control-case study analyzing Doppler echocardiographic aspects in 31 hepatitis C virus patients and 20 controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant difference in relation to the myocardial thickening, left ventricular diameters, circumferential shortening, ejection fraction, mitral valve flow velocities, tissue sistolic and diastolic mitral annular ones.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individuals with hepatitis C virus in the initial phases of the disease did not show morpho-functional abnormalities of the heart when evaluated by Doppler echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tosta
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ladeira
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guz
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology