The severity of ventricular arrhythmia correlates with the extent of myocardial sympathetic denervation, but not with myocardial fibrosis extent in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy

Conclusions The occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias of different degrees of severity correlates quantitatively with the extent of cardiac sympathetic denervation, but not with the extent of fibrosis, suggesting that myocardial sympathetic denervation plays a major role in triggering ventricular arrhythmia in CCC.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research