[Results of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in membranous subaortic stenosis].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between the evolution of cognitive performance and the prognosis of elderly patients after compensation of advanced heart failure. METHODS:Thirty-one patients older than 64 (68 +/- 7) years and admitted with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure and ejection fraction = 0.45...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ochiai ME,Franco LL,Gebara OC,Nussbacher A,Serro-Azul JB,Pierri H,Rays J,Barretto AC,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Institutional documents recommend that hemodynamic variables--heart rate (HR) and systolic (SAP) and diastolic arterial pressure (DAP)--be routinely controlled at the aerobic part of supervised exercise sessions for coronary disease patients. OBJECTIVE:a) to determine the pattern and reproducibility of the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Furtado EC,Ramos Pdos S,Araújo CG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are lipid lowering agents that promote their effects on plasma lipids through the inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase, a crucial enzyme in the cascade of cholesterol synthesis, leading to reduction of tissue cholesterol pool and consequently, to an upregulation of the LDL receptor expression. There are considerabl...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fonseca FA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial performance index (MPI), demonstrates both systolic and diastolic functions of the left ventricle. Presystolic wave (PSW) is frequently detected on Doppler examination of the left ventricular outflow tract and possible mechanism of PSW is impaired LV compliance and left ventricular stiffness. OBJ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kul S,Dursun İ,Ayhan S,Sayin MR,Üçüncü Ö,Bülbül NE,Ateş AH,Akyüz AR

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular outcome in patients with the undetermined form of Chagas' disease and whether or not it is related to the infectious disease in the long-term. METHODS:One hundred and sixty patients were prospectively followed-up at three month intervals for up to 177 mo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ianni BM,Mady C,Arteaga E,Fernandes F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the benefit resulting from the use of abciximab associated with primary angioplasty. The following parameters were analyzed in-hospital, at 30 days, and 6 months: (a) flow in the culprit artery; (b) ventricular function; (c) combined outcome of death, acute myocardial infarction, and additional reva...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Brito ML,Souza Filho NF,Moura V AV,Lavalle LA,Darwich RZ,Leal M,Munhoz EC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient with subaortic stenosis due to the insertion of anomalous chordae tendineae of the mitral valve in the interventricular septum (mitral web) associated with mitral stenosis with diagnosis made by bidimensional echocardiographic study with Doppler and confirmed by hemodynamic study. The patient was submitted to ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Groppo AA,Santos GG,Simões RM,Haddad VL,Stolf NA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic thrombosis is a rare complication, but it has high mortality and morbidity. Young women of childbearing age that have prosthetic heart valves are at increased risk of thrombosis during pregnancy due to changes in coagulation factors. Anticoagulation with adequate control and frequent follow-up if pregnancy ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Garcez JD,Rosa VE,Lopes AS,Accorsi TA,Fernandes JR,Pomerantzeff PM,Avila WS,Tarasoutchi F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assess the prevalence of white coat hypertension in the municipality of Dumont, in São Paulo State, and map study participants' demographics, and physiologic and metabolic changes. METHODS:One hundred and nine (109) users of the Municipal Health Service were selected and then divided into three groups: normo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Alves LM,Nogueira MS,Godoy Sd,Hayashida M,Cárnio EC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of heart failure has evolved in recent decades suggesting that survival is increasing. OBJECTIVE:To verify whether there has been improvement in the survival of patients with advanced heart failure. METHODS:We retrospectively compared the treatment and follow-up data from two cohorts of patie...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Carlo CH,Cardoso JN,Ochia ME,Oliveira MT Jr,Ramires JA,Pereira-Barretto AC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standardization of images used in Medicine in 1993 was performed using the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard. Several tests use this standard and it is increasingly necessary to design software applications capable of handling this type of image; however, these software appl...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hadlich MS,Oliveira GM,Feijóo RA,Azevedo CF,Tura BR,Ziemer PG,Blanco PJ,Pina G,Meira M,Souza e Silva NA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background::Cell-derived microvesicles (MVs) are vesicles released from activated or apoptotic cells. However, the levels of MVs in myocardial infarction have been found inconsistent in researches. Objective::To assess the association between MVs and myocardial infarction by conducting a meta-analysis. Methods::A sys...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Wang Z,Cai W,Hu S,Xia Y,Wang Y,Zhang Q,Chen L

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning with a patient presenting with an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the secundum type, the genealogy was identified in four affected individuals who belonged to three successive generations of the same family. The defects were visually confirmed in all individuals and were found to be anatomically similar. No ot...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ferreira C,Farah LM,Póvoa RM,Luna Filho B,Costa A,Ferreira Filho C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high and increasing prevalence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents a serious public health problem. New technologies are being used aiming at more accurate diagnoses in order to improve therapeutic approach. In this scenario, speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) uses natural myocardial markers ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Abduch MC,Salgo I,Tsang W,Vieira ML,Cruz V,Lima M,Tsutsui JM,Mor-Avi V,Lang RM,Mathias W Jr

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart rate recovery after treadmill electrocardiographic exercise stress test is modulated by the autonomic nervous system. Analysis of heart rate variability can provide useful information about autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis of ass...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Antelmi I,Chuang EY,Grupi CJ,Latorre Mdo R,Mansur AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart transplantation is an alternative for individuals with end-stage heart disease. However, episodes of heart rejection (HR) are frequent and increase morbidity and mortality, requiring the use of an accurate non-invasive exam for their diagnosis, since endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is not a complication-fr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Miguel GA,Rojas SS,Vieira RW,Silva JP,Abensur H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is related to increased body fat, which can be evaluated by anthropometric indicators. OBJECTIVE:To determine the predictive power of anthropometric indicators and establish their cutoff points as discriminators of high blood pressure. METHODS:Cross-sectional study with a sample of 660 adolesc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Beck CC,Lopes Ada S,Pitanga FJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), interstitial myocardial fibrosis is an important histological modification that has been associated with sudden death and evolution toward myocardial dilation. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the prognostic value of the collagen volume fraction in HCM. METHODS:An e...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Arteaga E,de Araújo AQ,Bernstein M,Ramires FJ,Ianni BM,Fernandes F,Mady C

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data are available on diastolic function in patients with aortic stenosis (AOS) with indication of surgical treatment. A potential correlation between biomarkers and diastolic function has not been established. OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to evaluate diastolic function in patients with AOS waitin...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Boer BP,Vieira ML,Sampaio RO,Abensur H,Oliveira AG,Fernandes JR,Grinberg M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess balloon atrial septostomy monitored with echocardiography. METHODS:From August 1997 to January 2004, 31 infants with congenital heart diseases indicated for balloon atrial septostomy underwent the procedure with exclusive echocardiographic monitoring. Success was defined as the obtainment of an atr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Marchi CH,Godoy MF,Santos MA,Moscardini AC,Hassen Sobrinho S,Croti UA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of dobutamine stress echocardiography-induced Takotsubo syndrome in a 76-year-old hypertensive patient with clinical complaints of chest pain in an elective visit to the cardiologist. Dobutamine-stress-echocardiography was requested to rule out chest pain of coronary origin. During the test, at peak e...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vasconcelos Filho FJ,Gomes CA,Queiroz OA,Barreto JE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular surgery has been undergoing transformations due to the advancement of percutaneous techniques, clinical treatment and primary prevention. OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of incidence and mortality of heart surgeries performed at the Instituto do Coração (InCor-HCFMUSP). METHODS:Using database from the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lisboa LA,Moreira LF,Mejia OV,Dallan LA,Pomerantzeff PM,Costa R,Puig LB,Jatene FB,Marcial MB,Stolf NA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of death in developed countries as well as in developing countries. In general, the clinical manifestations of CVD, such as myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, are caused by an atherosclerotic process with onset as from the middle age. However,...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Santos MG,Pegoraro M,Sandrini F,Macuco EC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a rare cogenital anomaly, with very few reports in the literature. We describe two cases of this rare malformation, one of them, associated with interruption of the aortic arch (type B). In both cases, the diagnosis was made by two-dimensional echoca...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rivera IR,Moisés VA,Silva CC,Leal SB,Maluf MA,Andrade JL,Carvalho AC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in children is an increasingly common practice. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, in our institution, the results of RFA in children younger than 15 years. METHODS:A total of 125 children submitted to RFA between May 1991 and May 2010 were analyzed. RESULTS:Sixty-seven (53.6%) children ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Melo SL,Scanavacca MI,Pisani C,Darrieux F,Hachul D,Hardy C,Camargo PR,Atik E,Sosa EA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the principal forms of cardiac amiloydosis presentation in a terciary hospital. METHODS:Eight cases with cardiac amyloidosis were identified. Five were women, their ages ranged from 23 to 83 years (mean 62). After a medical history and clinical examination the patients were submitted to complementa...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barretto AC,Precoma D,Serro-Azul JB,Wajngarten M,Pierri H,Pivotto L,Nussbacher A,Gebara OC,Bellotti G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between cardiovascular risk factors and the anthropometric values--body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). METHODS:It was studied 231 employees of Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, 54.1% of them were men (21-76 years old). Glycemia, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, tri...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rezende FA,Rosado LE,Ribeiro Rde C,Vidigal Fde C,Vasques AC,Bonard IS,de Carvalho CR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) is an uncommon procedure and requires specialized personnel and adequate facilities. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the removal of CIED leads and to determine risk factors for surgical complications an...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Costa R,Silva KRD,Crevelari ES,Nascimento WTJ,Nagumo MM,Martinelli Filho M,Jatene FB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, although efficient for treating breast cancer, is associated with cardiovascular complications. Recent studies seek to identify methods that can early detect cardiological and vascular changes as a strategy to decrease the incidence of cardiovascular comorb...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Souza CA,Simões R,Borges KBG,Oliveira AN,Zogeib JB,Alves B,Malachias MVB,Drummond-Lage AP,Rezende BA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study if dopamine in dopaminergic doses (1.5 and 4.0 micrograms/kg/min) had some effect on the pulmonary vasoconstriction mechanism, and if in those doses the drug had some action on systemic and pulmonary hemodynamic variables, as well as in the pulmonary gas exchange. METHODS:Seventeen normal mongrel dogs...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Araújo FG,Romaldini H,Bogossian M,Afonso JE,Uehara C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00