[Jaccoud's syndrome. A case report].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess safety and efficacy of coronary angioplasty with stent implantation in unstable coronary syndromes. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of in-hospital and late evolution of 74 patients with unstable coronary syndromes (unstable angina or infarction without elevation of the ST segment) undergoing coronar...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Correia LC,Brito JC,Barbosa AC,Azevedo Júnior AM,Rocha MS,Carvalho HG,Esteves JP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiogram of a twenty-year-old man, previously healthy, suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and fatigue after moderate exertion that intensified over a period of about ten days, showed the left atrium myxoma working as severe mitral stenosis. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vilela EP,Moura L,Pepe D,Nunes E,Erthal F,Campana E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an 8-month-old female infant with Uhl's anomaly, who underwent successful cardiac transplantation. The clinical findings, complementary laboratory tests, anatomic findings, and differential diagnosis of the anomaly are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ikari NM,Azeka E,Aiello VD,Atik E,Barbero-Marcial M,Ebaid M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebstein's anomaly, although the most common malformation of the tricuspid valve, is a rare disease. Its association with other syndromes and extracardiac anomalies is very rare and has been reported in only a few cases. A case of prenatal diagnosis of Ebstein's anomaly in a patient with Down's syndrome is reported. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Leite Mde F,Gianisella RB,Zielinsky P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the results with the use of an automatic antitachycardia pacemaker in patients with refractory paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nine patients aged 32 to 63 years with symptoms from 2 to more than 40 years and prophylactic treatment with several antiarrhythmic drugs that...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sant'Anna JR,Medeiros C,Halperin C,Lucchese F,Kalil R,Prates P,Nonohay N,Nesralla I

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is few data evaluating the prevalence and influence of adverse psychological characteristics on the prognosis of individuals submitted to percutaneous coronary interventions. No study has addressed this issue in Brazil. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, psychological stre...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Schmidt MM,Quadros AS,Abelin AP,Minozzo EL,Wottrich SH,Kunert HZ,Vigueras ES,Ruschel PP,Sarmento-Leite R,Gottschall CA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with thalassemia major present chronic hemolysis and require regular blood transfusions which may cause iron overload cardiomyopathy and chronic heart failure. Hemochromatosis is characterized by excessive iron accumulation in tissues, and heart involvement is the main cause of death in patients wit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rodrigues A,Guimarães-Filho FV,Braga JC,Rodrigues CS,Waib P,Fabron-Junior A,Tan DM,França AC,Okoshi MP,Okoshi K

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer, increases the sensitivity of the heart to calcium, thus increasing myocardial contractility without a rise in intracellular calcium. It was recently shown that levosimendan is beneficial in improving renal function. However, it remains to be established that the beneficial...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zorlu A,Yücel H,Yontar OC,Karahan O,Tandogan I,Katrancioglu N,Yilmaz MB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the cardiogenic depressor Bezold-Jarisch reflex in rats with chronic myocardial infarction. METHODS:Adult Wistar rats were submitted to ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery of the left ventricle (group INF, n = 15) and compared with rats submitted to sham-operation (group Sham, n = 1...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Meyrelles SS,Mill JG,Vasquez EC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of vaccination against the influenza virus on the mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the mortality by CVD before and after the start of the vaccination against the Influenza virus in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS:We analyzed the mo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mansur Ade P,Favarato D,Ramires JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the treatment of a patient presenting with very-late stent thrombosis with the use of a drug-coated balloon. In this patient, optical coherence tomography disclosed that ruptured and complicated neoatherosclerosis was the underlying substrate responsible for the episode of very-late stent thrombosis. The p...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Alfonso F,Bastante T,Cuesta J,Benedicto A,Rivero F

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To study mononuclear magnesium and serum cations (Na, K and Mg) in elderly hypertensive patients treated with hydrochlorothiazide during 90 days. PATIENTS AND METHODS:15 elderly hypertensive patients treated with hydrochlorothiazide, 25 mg/day or placebo. A method of freezing produced total lysis of the cells;...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Faintuch JJ,Azul JB,Wajngarten M,Rocha Ados S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the morbidity and mortality of patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) (according to the First Brazilian Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of MS) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) during hospitalization and after 30 days. METHODS:A total of 107 patients who underwent C...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimenta E,Passarelli O Jr,Borelli F,Sousa MG,Gun C,Amato V,Amodeo C,Piegas LS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old woman with mitral and tricuspid valve prolapse and myxomatous degeneration presented puerperal infection by Staphylococcus aureus with clinical picture of sepsis and multiple septic embolism (right eye, left thumb, spleen, and left calf). She underwent total hysterectomy on the 10th day postdelivery and ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pereira Mde B,Timerman S,Timerman A,Negrisoli AL,Bub RF,Smith MR,Akamine N,Aun R,Knobel E

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common cancer type in the male sex after skin cancer. Among the several types of treatment for prostate cancer, the androgen deprivation therapy has been highly recommended in patients with metastatic or locally advanced disease, which probably results in increased survival. However...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ribeiro AF,Camara C,Segre CA,Srougi M,Serrano CV Jr

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a known association between chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment of cancer patients and development or worsening of hypertension. The aim of this article is to review this association. A literature search was conducted for articles reporting this association on the databases PubMed, SciELO and LILACS b...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Souza VB,Silva EN,Ribeiro ML,Martins Wde A

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:A 16-year-old patient was evaluated for congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, suggesting mitral valve stenosis. A left atrial membrane with a 4 mm orifice was seen in echocardiography and angiography, and a diagnosis of cor triatriatum was made. The membrane was successfully removed by surgery. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Wüsthof AR,Sacomani CA,Rossetti FT,Benacchio M,Rivetti LA,Franken RA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year-old male patient developed cardiogenic shock after inferior wall myocardial infarction. Cinecoronariography demonstrated a critical distal lesion of the right coronary artery. Transluminal percutaneous coronary angioplasty was carried out four hours after onset of pain and thirty minutes after hospital admis...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Medeiros Filho H,de Medeiros Mde F,de Souza JB,Montenegro S,Mesquita E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the frequency and prevalence of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care center for children with heart diseases. METHODS:We carried out an epidemiological assessment of the first medical visit of 4,538 children in a pediatric hospital from January 1995 to December 1997. All patients with conge...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Miyague NI,Cardoso SM,Meyer F,Ultramari FT,Araújo FH,Rozkowisk I,Toschi AP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE--To present initial experience on radiofrequency (RF) ablation of atrial flutter (AFL) guided by anatomic and electrophysiologic parameters. METHODS--Eight patients (six males), mean-age of 42 +/- 17.5 years with chronic type I AFL (mean cycle length of 251 +/- 14.3 msec, range 240 to 280 msec) were undergone ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cruz Filho FE,Fagundes ML,Boghossian S,Vanheusden LM,Ribeiro JC,Villacorta H,Maia IG

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the presence of risk factors (RF) for coronary disease in a group of university students (US). METHODS:We studied 123 US, 88 (71.55%) females, mean age 21 +/- 3.52 years, submitted to questionary, interview, physical examination and serum analises. Eighty six women informed about oral contraceptive...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Romagna Cavalheiro PT,da Rosa EM,Vargas Avila AO

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old female with unstable angina, presented an acute embolic ischaemic stroke of right medium cerebral artery during elective coronary angiography. Complete patency was achieved after an intraarterial infusion of rt-PA (60mg/60min) with important functional improvement. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ascer E,Lessa I,Caldas JG,Frudit ME,Pereira Mde B,Baruzzi AC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate major Doppler-Echocardiographic parameters for the diagnosis of acute cardiac allograft rejection episodes a serial of 54 Doppler Echocardiograms were performed simultaneously with endomyocardial biopsy in five patients (mean age = 40.2 y/o). Measurements included: right and left chambers diameter...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Del Castillo JM,Marotta RH,Ortiz J,Matsumoto AY,Souza EL,Silva CE,Macruz R,Carvalho VB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complexity of reentrant circuits related to ventricular tachycardias decreases the success rate of radiofrequency ablation procedures. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether the epicardial mapping with multiple electrodes carried out simultaneously with the endocardial mapping helps in ablation procedures of sus...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva GG,Veloso HH,Leite LR,Farias RL,Paola AA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birth weight (BW) is a medium- and long-term risk determinant of cardiovascular risk factors. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between BW and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents of the city of Salvador, Bahia state. METHODS:Cross-sectional study with comparison of BW groups. Sample comprising 250...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sousa MA,Guimarães IC,Daltro C,Guimarães AC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The analysis of immediate and long-term results of mitral valvoplasty by balloon catheter (MVRBC) are still lacking in literature, mainly in the national context. OBJECTIVE:To assess the immediate and late results of patients submitted to mitral valve repair by balloon catheter. METHOD:A total of 330 conse...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cardoso LF,Ayres CV,Bento AM,Tarasoutchi F,Vieira ML,Grinberg M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome which comprises structural and functional alterations in the heart in maintaining the adequate blood demand to all tissues. Few investigations sought to evaluate oxidative DNA damage in CHF. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the DNA damage using the comet assay in left ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Stefani GP,Nunes RB,Rossato DD,Hentschke VS,Domenico MD,Lago PD,Rhoden CR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00