Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Avaliação da bomba muscular da panturrilha em pacientes portadores de varizes primárias dos membros inferiores através da pletismografia a ar

Assessment of calf muscle pump in patients with primary varicose veins of the lower limbs by air plethysmography

André de Araújo Sacchi; Aldemar Araújo Castro; Guilherme Benjamin Brandão Pitta; Fausto Miranda Junior

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-54492007000100005 J Vasc Bras, vol.6, n1, p.25-34, 2007
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OBJETIVO:Avaliar a influência do refluxo das veias musculares da panturrilha (surais e geniculares) na função da bomba muscular da panturrilha em pacientes com varizes primárias nos membros inferiores. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal prospectivo, no qual os pacientes foram avaliados por meio de exame físico, mapeamento dúplexe pletismografia a ar. Foram selecionados 120 pacientes divididos em dois grupos (60 indivíduos em cada). O primeiro grupo apresentava refluxo das veias musculares da panturrilha e o segundo grupo apresentava ausência de refluxo. Cada grupo foi analisado com pletismografia a ar para estudo da função da bomba da panturrilha. As variáveis estudadas foram fração de ejeção, fração do volume residual, volume ejetado e índice de enchimento venoso para membro inferior direito e esquerdo. RESULTADOS: No grupo com refluxo, índices de fração de ejeção abaixo de 60% (com p < 0,001) foram encontrados em 82,3% (em perna esquerda) e em 74,6% (em perna direita) dos casos. Índices de fração do volume residual acima de 60% foram identificados em 62,5% (em perna esquerda, p = 0,015) e em 86,7% (em perna direita, p = 0,014) dos casos avaliados. Não houve variação estatisticamente significativa para o índice de enchimento venoso entre os grupos com e sem refluxo, com p = 0,140 e p = 0,140 para pernas esquerda e direita, respectivamente. Foram encontrados 63,6% dos pacientes com refluxo das veias da panturrilha (em perna esquerda), e 61,8% (em perna direita) com volume ejetado acima de 150 mL (p = 0,001). CONCLUSÕES: Houve alteração da bomba muscular da panturrilha, levando a uma diminuição de sua função, em ambos os membros inferiores por conseqüência da presença do refluxo das veias musculares da panturrilha (geniculares e surais).

Palavras-chave

Pletismografia a ar, bomba muscular da panturrilha, varizes, veias gastrocnêmias e soleares, mapeamento dúplex

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This article aims at assessing the influence of calf muscle vein reflux (suraland genicular veins) on calf muscle pump function in patients with primary varicose veins of the lower limbs. METHODS: Cross-sectional and prospective study assessing 120 patients divided into two groups (60 subjects each) by physical examination, duplex scan and air plethysmography. The first group showed calf muscle venous reflux, whereas the second group presented absence of reflux. Both groups were examined by air plethysmography to verify calf pump function through measurement of ejection fraction, residual volume fraction, ejected volume and venous filling index in both limbs. RESULTS: In the group of patients with reflux, ejection fraction indexes lower than 60% (p < 0.001) were found in 82.3% (left leg) and 74.6% (right leg) of cases. Levels of residual volume fraction greater than 60% were identified in 62.5% (left leg, p= 0.015) and in 86.7% (right leg, p = 0.014) of assessed cases. There was no statistically significant variation concerning the venous filling index between groups with or without reflux, with p= 0.140 in both legs. Of all patients, 63.6% had calf vein reflux (left leg) and 61.8% (right leg) had ejection volume greater than 150 mL (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The calf pump function decreased in both lower limbs, due to presence of calf muscle vein reflux (genicular and sural veins).

Keywords

Air plethysmography, calf pump function, varicose veins, gastrocnemius and soleal veins, duplex scan

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