Thermal Vasodilation Using a Portable Infrared Thermal Blanket in Decompensated Heart Failure

Autor(es)

Villaca, Marcelo ^[1] ; Ochiai, Marcelo E. ^[1] ; Vieira, Kelly N. ^[1] ; Scipioni, Airton ^[1] ; Cardoso, Juliano N. ^[1] ; Munhoz, Robinson T. ^[1] ; Morgado, Paulo C. ^[1] ; Barretto, Antonio C. P. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Hosp Clin, Fac Med, Inst Coragan InCor, Heart Inst, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL HEART JOURNAL; v. 55, n. 5, p. 433-439, SEP 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Adjunctive and non-pharmacological therapies, such as heat, for the treatment of heart failure patients have been proposed. Positive results have been obtained in clinically stable patients, but no studies of the use of thermal therapy in patients with decompensated heart failure (DRIP) have been reported. An open randomized clinical trial was designed in patients with DRIP and controls. We studied 38 patients with a mean age of 56.9 years. A total of 86.8% were men, and 71% had nonischemic myocardiopathy. All participants were using dobutamine, and the median brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level was 1396 pg/mL. An infrared thermal blanket heated the patients, who were divided into 2 groups: group T (thermal therapy) and group C (control). Group T underwent vasodilation using the thermal blanket at 50 C for 40 minutes in addition to drug treatment. The cardiac index increased by 24.1% (P = 0.009), and systemic vascular resistance decreased by 16.0% in group T (P < 0.024) after thermal therapy. Heat as a vasodilator increased the cardiac index and lowered systemic vascular resistance in DHF patients. These data suggest thermal therapy as a therapeutic approach for the adjuvant treatment of DHF patients. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/06994-0 - Vasodilatação induzida pelo calor através de dispositivo portátil no leito na insuficiência cardíaca descompensada
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Villaça Lima
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto