Association between birth weight and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness of acute ischemic preconditioning (IP), based on somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) monitoring, as a method of spinal cord protection and to asses SSEP importance in spinal cord neuromonitoring. METHODS:Twenty-eight dogs were submitted to spinal cord ischemic injury attaine...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mônaco BA,Benício A,Contreras IS,Mingrone LE,Ballester G,Moreira LF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Assess the efficacy of the different strategies employed in the management of acute closure and verify the late prognosis of patients who develop this complication. METHODS:From january 1987, through December 1990, 2315 consecutive patients underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in our...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nunes GL,Sousa AG,Tanajura LF,Cano MN,Maldonado G,Feres F,Mattos LA,Pinto IM,Sousa JE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is a common comorbidity in heart failure (HF); however, the mechanisms related to a poorer outcome of depressed patients with HF remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of severe depression in the outcome of patients with decompensated HF. METHODS:A total of 43 patients with advanced HF, ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Aguiar VB,Ochiai ME,Cardoso JN,Del Carlo CH,Morgado PC,Munhoz RT,Pereira-Barretto AC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a marker of increased cardiovascular risk and is frequently associated with both arterial hypertension (AH) and aortic stenosis (AoS). Also, these two maladies may co-exit in a same patient. However, in these cases, it is not clear the impact of each one in LVH. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hueb JC,Vicentini JT,Roscani MG,Fusco D,Mattos R,Zanatti SG,Okoshi K,Matsubara BB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion is a frequent clinical event associated to injury in distant organs, especially the heart. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the gene expression of oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in the heart of inbred mice subjected to intestinal ischemia and reperfusion (IR). METHODS:Twel...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Somaio Neto F,Ikejiri AT,Bertoletto PR,Chaves JC,Teruya R,Fagundes DJ,Taha MO

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of cocaine. METHODS:In 8 dogs (9-13 kg), electrophysiologic parameters and programmed stimulation were undertaken using transvenous catheters at baseline, and after cocaine intravenous infusion (12 mg/kg bolus followed by 0.22 mg/kg/min for 25 minutes). ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fenelon G,Uchoa J,Otobone JR,Reis M,do Amaral JL,de Paola AA

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic intra-aortic balloon (IAB) in elective myocardial revascularization surgery (MRS), to prevent trans or post-operative infarction and reduce intra-hospital mortality in patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction. METHODS:Using a cohort study model, 239 p...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kern M,Santanna JR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study anatomical limitation of coronary angioplasty, as alternative therapy in patients with multivessel disease and submitted to bypass surgery. METHODS:In 380 patients with multivessel disease and submitted to previous coronary bypass surgery, age ranged from 41 to 72 (average = 51) years, being 68% males...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimentel Filho WA,Ascer E,Buchler JR,de Assis SF,Hirschfeld R,Soares Neto MM,Neves MF,Pinheiro LF,Araújo EC,Armelin E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the report of a 74-year-old female patient with a history of systemic hypertension and peripheral vascular disease who presented acute coronary syndrome symptoms. Coronary angiography showed coronary arteries with no significant obstructions. Ventriculography and echocardiography showed akinesia in mid and api...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Alves AA,Kowatsch I,Tsutsui JM,Nicolau JC,Lima MF,Mathias W Jr

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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 determine the value of pericardial biopsy as a complementary exam in the etiology of pericardial effusion. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively (from 1990 to 1997) 38 patients with pericardial effusion. The age ranged between 3 months and 79 years (mean 41.15 +/- 21.78 years). Pericardial biopsy was performe...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

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

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective interventions to improve medication adherence are usually complex and expensive. OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a low-cost intervention designed to improve medication adherence and clinical outcomes in post-discharge patients with CVD. METHOD:A pilot RCT was conducted at a teaching hospital. I...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Oliveira-Filho AD,Morisky DE,Costa FA,Pacheco ST,Neves SF,Lyra DP Jr

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case of a 42 year-old male with systemic amyloidosis, probably primary, and heart involvement. Physiopathological and clinical aspects are described as well as the rarity of the diagnosis in vivo. The limited aspects of therapy are also described. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mendes RG,Evora PR,Mendes JA,Haddad J,Carvalho S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of cardiac implantable electronic devices after death has become a source of controversy. There are no uniform recommendations for such management in Brazil; practices rely exclusively on institutional protocols and regional custom. When the cadaver is sent for cremation, it is recommended to remove the...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Oliveira JC,Fagundes AA,Alkmim-Teixeira R,Baggio Junior JM,Armaganijan L,d'Avila A,Saad EB,Andrade VS,Moraes LGB,Kuniyoshi R,Rezende AGDS,Pimentel M,Rodrigues TDR,Brito Junior HL,Nadalin E,Pisani CF,Arfelli E,Cintra FD

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify the efficacy and safety of the creation of a barrier with radiofrequency (RF) in the tricuspid annulus and the vena cava ostium (TA-IVC). METHODS:Nine consecutive patients, 7 males, with age ranging from 36 to 76 years, with paroxysmal (7 patients) or permanent (2) type I atrial flutter (negative P w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sosa EA,Scanavacca MI,Lewandowski A,Kuniyoshi R,Magalhães L,Sarabanda A,Piccioni JL,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inappropriate lifestyles have been responsible for the leading causes of mortality. The purpose of the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire is to help physicians involved in health prevention to identify and assess their patients' lifestyles. OBJECTIVE:To translate and validate the Fantastic Lifestyle Question...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rodriguez Añez CR,Reis RS,Petroski EL

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:In the general population, regular practice of physical exercises is associated with improved physical capacity and reduction of cardiovascular events. Concerning patients with chronic kidney disease, a population with significant impairment of physical capacity and high rates of cardiovascular mortality, fe...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Henrique DM,Reboredo Mde M,Chaoubah A,Paula RB

更新日期：2010-06-01 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 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 study vascular reactivity according to the analysis of blood flow and peripheral vascular resistance at rest and during mental stress in pregnant women with mitral stenosis. METHODS:Twenty two women with mitral stenosis, 13 of whom were pregnant (PS) and 9 were non-pregnant (MIS), and 9 healthy pregnant w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Avila WS,Calil OA,Trombetta IC,Negrão CE,Grinberg M,Zugaib M,Ramires JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of hyperkalemia related to spironolactone use is low in stable heart failure; however, it has not been studied during decompensation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of spironolactone on serum potassium in decompensated heart failure (HF). METHODS:In a cohort study, patients that had been...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lima MV,Ochiai ME,Cardoso JN,Morgado PC,Munhoz RT,Barretto AC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyse the actual contribution of digital angiography in the angioplasty setting and to assess its utility to optimize angioplasty results. METHODS:One hundred patients with single vessel coronary artery disease, without previous angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery, who underwent angioplast...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pinto IM,Sousa AG,Feres F,Tanajura LF,Mattos LA,Cano MN,Maldonado G,Fontes VF,Sousa JE

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a surgical procedure utilizing a malleable bovine pericardium ring in mitral valve repair and clinical and Doppler echocardiographic results. METHODS:Thirty-two (25 female and 7 male) patients, aged between 9 and 66 (M=36.4+/-17.2) years, were studied over a 16-month period, with 100% follow-up. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Volpe MA,Braile DM,Vieira RW,Souza DR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have demonstrated clinical benefits of fish consumption for the cardiovascular system. These effects are attributed to the increased amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids in these foods. However, the concentrations of fatty acids may vary according to region. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this stud...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Scherr C,Gagliardi AC,Miname MH,Santos RD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sudden death is the leading cause of death in Chagas disease (CD), even in patients with preserved ejection fraction (EF), suggesting that destabilizing factors of the arrhythmogenic substrate (autonomic modulation) contribute to its occurrence. OBJECTIVE:To determine baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in patient...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Santos AM,Scanavacca MI,Darrieux F,Ianni B,Melo SL,Pisani C,Santos Neto F,Sosa E,Hachul DT

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in employees of the research center at Petrobras. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study, employees of the research center at Petrobras were assessed clinically and by laboratory testing from March 2000 and February 2001. Those who did not a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Matos Mde F,Souza e Silva NA,Pimenta AJ,da Cunha AJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00