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| Costa,P.C.S.; Fortes,F.S.A.; Machado,A.B.; Almeida,N.A.C.; Olivares,E.L.; Cabral,P.R.; Pedrosa,R.C.; Goldenberg,R.C.; Campos-de-Carvalho,A.C.; Masuda,M.O.. |
| We report results obtained with sera from 58 chronic chagasic patients that were evaluated for effects on heart rate and atrioventricular (AV) conduction in isolated rabbit hearts and screened for the presence of muscarinic and beta-adrenergic activity. We show that sera from 26 patients decreased heart rate, while 10 increased it and 22 had no effect. Additionally, sera from 20 of the 58 patients blocked AV conduction. Muscarinic activation seems to be involved in both effects, but is not the only mechanism, since atropine did not antagonize the decrease in heart rate in 23% of sera or AV block in 40%. Sera from patients with complex arrhythmias were significantly more effective in depressing both heart rate and AV conduction. Sera that induce increases... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chagas' disease; Antibodies; Muscarinic activation; Beta-adrenergic activation; Gap junction; Mammalian heart. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000000400010 |
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