[Risk factors in university students].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether oral amiodarone administered before surgery for a short period in high dose would reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and reduces the length of hospital stay. METHODS:In the double-blind, randomized study, 93 patients were given either oral amiod...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Alcalde RV,Guaragna JC,Bodanese LC,Castro I,Sussenbach E,Noer R,Goldani MA,Feier F,Petracco JB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, coronary atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. The INTERHEART study demonstrated that dyslipidemia is one of the most important independent risk factors for AMI. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the lipid profile and blood pressure of school children atten...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Scherr C,Magalhães CK,Malheiros W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure is a severe complication associated with doxorubicin (DOX) use. Strain, assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking (2D-STE), has been shown to be useful in identifying subclinical ventricular dysfunction. OBJECTIVES:a) To investigate the role of strain in the identification of subclinical ve...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Almeida AL,Silva VA,de Souza Filho AT,Rios VG,Lopes JR,de Afonseca SO,Cunha Dde C,Mendes MO,Miranda DL,dos Santos Júnior EG

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Despite being relatively recent, a growing and significant accumulation of experimental and clinical evidence has been observed that points to a gradual state of immune-inflammatory activation in patients with heart failure (HF). High levels of several cytokines are found in the circulation and cardiac muscle of indiv...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Candia AM,Villacorta H Jr,Mesquita ET

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: To alert for the diagnosis of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Objective: To describe the main CHDs, as well as phenotypic, metabolic and immunological findings in a series of 60 patients diagnosed with 22q11.2DS. Methods: The study included 60 pati...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Grassi MS,Jacob CM,Kulikowski LD,Pastorino AC,Dutra RL,Miura N,Jatene MB,Pegler SP,Kim CA,Carneiro-Sampaio M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) is associated with worse outcomes. OBJECTIVE:Determine the frequency and evaluate preoperatory variables independently associated with severe PPM in a tertiary hospital focused on Public Health Care. METHODS:A total of 316 patients submitted to aortic valve replacement, wh...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Otto ME,Atik FA,Moreira MDN,Ribeiro LCM,Mello BCR,Lima JGE,Ribeiro MS,Domingues ACPM,Calzada RP,Jreige A Jr,Schloicka LL,Pibarot P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old female patient with refractory heart failure has been studied. On February, 1982 she was submitted to right lobar thyroidectomy for remotion of the left thyroid lobe. Following the surgery, she had signs of hypocalcemia and the diagnosis of secondary hypoparathyroidism and heart failure had been made. Se...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Musse NS,Albanesi Filho FM,Barbosa EC,Ginefra P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the report of a rare case of endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle in a male patient with dyspnea on great exertion, which began 5 years earlier and rapidly evolved. Due to lack of information and the absence of clinical signs that could characterize impairment of ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Canesin MF,Gama RF,Smith DL,Kazuma FJ,Takiuchi A,Barretto AC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of swimming on pulmonary water content in animals with heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:After coronary occlusion, MI size 20% 40% of the LV large. The animals swam for 60 min/day, 5 days...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Portes LA,Tucci PJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients who underwent heart transplantation (HTX) experience a reduction in the elevation that is usual in systolic blood pressure during exercise testing. Of unknown origin, this phenomenon varies in frequency and intensity. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between systolic blood pressu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Salles AF,Machado CV,Cordovil A,Leite WA,Moisés VA,de Almeida DR,Carvalho AC,Oliveira Filho JA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is unusual in acute myocardial infarction after left main coronary artery occlusion. We applied this therapy in two cases. The first, a 54-year-old man, submitted to mechanical reperfusion and left main coronary artery angioplasty 145 minutes after the beginning of the sy...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Napchan BP,Caramelli B,Tranchesi Júnior B,Arie S,De Oliveira SA,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE - To assess the incidence of fatal pulmonary embolism (FPE), the accuracy of clinical diagnosis, and the profile of patients who suffered an FPE in a tertiary University Hospital. METHODS - Analysis of the records of 3,890 autopsies performed at the Department of General Pathology from January 1980 to Decemb...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mesquita CT,Morandi Júnior JL,Perrone FT,Oliveira Cd,Barreira LJ,Nascimento SS,Pareto Júnior RC,Mesquita ET

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Two male black patients, 18 and 12-year-old, with mental retardation and typical elfin face, presented with severe supravalvular aortic stenosis, thus characterizing Williams's or aortic supravalvular stenosis syndrome. Both were submitted to surgical treatment of the stenosis, and are asymptomatic after a one and fou...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Benchimol CB,Araújo JO,Féres JG,Carvalho LA,Przytyk RN,Netto MS,Moll J,Gomes EF,Araújo Filho R,Saad E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases show high incidence and prevalence in Brazil; however, participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) is limited and has been poorly investigated in the country. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale (CRBS) was developed to assess the barriers to participation and adherence to CR. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ghisi GL,Santos RZ,Schveitzer V,Barros AL,Recchia TL,Oh P,Benetti M,Grace SL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in the behavior of the circadian rhythm can be deleterious, leading to target-organ damage, which suggests that they can have a prognostic significance and, eventually, can also demand therapeutic intervention. OBJECTIVE:To describe and compare the circadian rhythms of blood pressure (BP) in normote...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hekman PR,Barbisan JN,Menezes HS,Antonello V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reproducibility data of the extent and patterns of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is limited. OBJECTIVE:To explore the reproducibility of regional wall thickness (WT), LGE extent, and LGE patterns in patients with HCM assessed with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). M...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rodriguez-Granillo GA,Deviggiano A,Capunay C,Zan MC,Carrascosa P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1R) gene with acute myocardial infarction and also with the severity of coronary artery disease. METHODS:A prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out with 110 patients with acute myocardial infarction, who, ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Araújo MA,Menezes BS,Lourenço C,Cordeiro ER,Gatti RR,Goulart LR

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 19-year old female with systemic pulmonary artery (PA) pressure due to a congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) and atrial septal defect (ASD). She was pink at rest and cyanotic on exercise. Lung biopsy revealed grade IV pulmonary vascular changes. As a preliminary step PA was banded to incr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Batista RJ,Santos JL,Takeshita N,Eocchino L,Lima PN,Goehr M,Cunha MA,Kawaguchi AT,Salerno TA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of nerves in heart valves was first depicted decades ago and identified into subpopulations: sympathetic, parasympathetic. So valves are expected to be greatly affected by the autonomic nerves. However, few studies have focused on the regulation of heart valves by the autonomic nervous system. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hu X,Zhao Q,Ye X

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the management and prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease are limited in Brazil, showing that the available revascularization strategies should be investigated. OBJECTIVE:To assess the outcomes of complete revascularization versus treatm...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cadore JC,Furtado MV,Tumelero R,Tognon A,Krepsky AM,Cadore D,Ruschel KB,Bedin JC,Conte T,Polanczyk CA

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of dyslipidemias in adults in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, and to identify its relation to risk factors. METHODS:Cross-sectional, population-based, observational study with sampling through conglomerates and stratified according to s...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Souza LJ,Souto Filho JT,de Souza TF,Reis AF,Gicovate Neto C,Bastos DA,Côrtes VA,Chalita FE,Teixeira CL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The determination of the prevalence of electrocardiographic alterations in the older age strata of the Brazilian population represents important information with clinical and epidemiological purpose. OBJECTIVE:To verify the prevalence rates of atrial fibrillation, enlarged Q/QS waves (Minnesota code 1.1-1.2...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kawabata-Yoshihara LA,Benseñor IM,Kawabata VS,Menezes PR,Scazufca M,Lotufo PA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For purposes of studying left ventricular mechanics, 184 chronic chagasic and 85 primary cardiomyopathy patients were submitted to an extensive invasive (LV cine, right and left cardiac catheterization and coronarography) and non-invasive protocol. The afterload, (mean wall stress), the contractile status (ejection fr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Guerrero L,Carrasco H,Parada H,Molina C,Chuecos R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal circumference (WC) is the measure that correlates most closely with the risk factors and death from cardiovascular disease. However, the impact of obesity on the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular disease remains controversial and requires further clarification. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate WA as ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lopes de Souza PA,Trussardi Fayh AP,Lúcia Portal V

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the association between diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in males and females, after adjusting for known confounders and/or modifiers of effect. METHODS:The study was designed as a case-control and the period of data collection was one year (March/93 until February/94). The associati...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Moraes SA,de Souza JM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) integrates dystrophy occurring due to genetic mutations that express the dystrophin protein in chromosome X. The onset of neuromuscular symptoms usually precedes the impairment of cardiac function, and may conversely happen by heart failure (HF). Physical training is well established in...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Roque JM,Carvalho VO,Pascoalino LN,Ferreira SA,Bocchi EA,Guimarães GV

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare the therapeutic response of symptomatic, hypertensive patients to symptomatic medication or anti-hypertensive drugs at the Emergency Unit. METHODS:A randomized, blind clinical trial involving 100 (one hundred) patients assisted at the Cardiology Emergency Unit at Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital (HUO...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lima SG,Nascimento LS,Santos Filho CN,Albuquerque Mde F,Victor EG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial aneurysms involving the free wall or atrial appendage are rare entities in cardiology practice and may be associated with atrial arrhythmias or embolic phenomena. We review the literature and report a case of aneurysm of the right atrial appendage in a young adult, whose diagnosis was established with echocardi...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barberato SH,Barberato MF,Avila BM,Perretto S,Blume Ld Ldo R,Chamma Neto M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00