Echocardiography in chronic liver disease: systematic review.

abstract：:The authors report a case of a 65-year-old male patient who, after complaint about retrosternal discomfort and going through a thoracic radiography with mediastinal enlargement, was submitted to magnetic resonance angiography, which detected a right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery and Kommerell divert...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barranhas AD,Indiani JM,Marchiori E,Santos AA,Rochitte CE,Nacif MS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A healthy 44 year-old male patient presented a calcified mass in the middle mediastinum on a chest film. During diagnostic investigation cineangiograms showed a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva forming a large pseudoaneurysm that produced important distortion of the left coronary artery and it's main branches. Th...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barbosa V,Kopel L,Oliveira SA,Barretto AC,Mady C,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease of genetic origin in the world population, with a prevalence of at least 1/500. The association with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is not uncommon, as it affects approximately 25% of the world population. Most studies aim at the differ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gil TCP,Castier MB,Gondar AFP,Sales AF,Santos MO,Lima FCDS,Mourilhe-Rocha R

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death in our population. There was a progressive decrease in mortality due to CVD up to 2005. OBJECTIVE:To update the trends in mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Brazil and in the metropolitan region of São Paulo (MRSP) from 1990 to 2009. METH...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mansur Ade P,Favarato D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most reports regarding the obesity paradox have focused on body mass index (BMI) to classify obesity and the prognostic values of other indirect measurements of body composition remain poorly examined in heart failure (HF). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between BMI and other indirect, but easily acc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zuchinali P,Souza GC,Alves FD,d'Almeida KS,Goldraich LA,Clausell NO,Rohde LE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no consensus regarding the impact of stenting on long-term endothelial function. There have been reports of increased endothelial dysfunction with sirolimus-eluting stents as compared to bare metal stenting (BMS). OBJECTIVE:This study aims to assess the impact of BMS and the effect of oral sirolimu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fernandes RW,Dantas JM,Oliveira DC,Bezerra HG,Brito FS Jr,Lima VC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Determining the cardiovascular risk factors is essential for the primary and secondary prevention of circulatory system diseases. OBJECTIVE:To obtain the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a population of industry workers in Brazil. METHODS:Transversal cohort study, with a sociodemographic interv...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cassani RS,Nobre F,Pazin Filho A,Schmidt A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In clinical tests, the Informed Consent is critical to preserve the ethics, but due to its high complexity level, it cannot be fully understood. This study assesses the Informed Consent as viewed by patients. OBJECTIVE:We addressed the issue of what do patients understand about the studies based on the IC. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Meneguin S,Zoboli EL,Domingues RZ,Nobre MR,César LA

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is the most frequent human microdeletion syndrome. The phenotype is highly variable, being characterized by conotruncal heart defect, facial dysmorphisms, velopharyngeal insufficiency, learning difficulties and mental retardation. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to in...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Belangero SI,Bellucco FT,Kulikowski LD,Christofolini DM,Cernach MC,Melaragno MI

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

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：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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients receiving amiodarone, and the possible associated factors. The study also aimed at assessing the effect of amiodarone on thyroid function through the application of a questionnaire to cardiologists. METHOD:Fifty-six patients chronically (> 3 mont...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fuks AG,Vaisman M,Buescu A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16 year old boy with Takayasu's disease was admitted with myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic therapy with intravenous streptokinase showed no signs of reperfusion. Rescue angioplasty of the left descending coronary artery was performed with success. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Antelmi I,Magalhães L,Caramelli B,Nakano O,Tranchesi Júnior B,Nicolau JC,Nogueira P,Machado NC,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate left ventricular mass (LVM) index in hypertensive and normotensive obese individuals. METHODS:Using M mode echocardiography, 544 essential hypertensive and 106 normotensive patients were evaluated, and LVM was indexed for body surface area (LVM/BSA) and for height2 (LVM/h2). The 2 indexes were then...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rosa EC,Moyses VA,Sesso RC,Plavnik FL,Ribeiro FF,Kohlmann NE,Ribeiro AB,Zanella MT,Kohlmann O Jr

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of different therapies associated with diet in the treatment of hypertensive obese patients. METHODS:In a clinical study we randomly evaluated 39 hypertensive obese patients (body mass index (BMI) > or = 30 kg/m2). After 45 days of diet the patients were again randomly...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Monego ET,Peixoto Mdo R,Jardim PC,Sousa AL,Braga VL,Moura MF

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and multiplicity of additional risk factors (RF) in a population sample of hypertensive smokers, diagnosed and enrolled at the Hiperdia Program of the Ministry of Health, in the city of Brusque, SC, Brazil. METHODS:Determination of the anthropometrical parameters and laboratory ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rosini N,Machado MJ,Xavier HT

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Fifty eight year old man, with dyspnea, fatigue and progressive angina underwent cinecoronarography, which showed an arterio-venous coronary-pulmonary fistula originating from the circumflex artery to the pulmonary circulation. We decided to occlude it percutaneously, using a detachable balloon technic. The occlusion ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

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

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We presented two cases of falsely elevated CK-MB due to the presence of a type 2 macro CK, showed by isoenzymes electrophoresis. The association of this CK-MB falsely elevated with some digestive diseases are frequent. Quantification of CK isoenzymes by electrophoresis could be indicated in those cases in which the cl...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Almeida CA,Busto P,Alonso AR,Aldecoa MC,Tellez JM,Villoria JM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lifestyle intervention programs can reduce the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and, therefore, reduce the risk for cardiac disease, one of the main public health problems nowadays. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of three types of approach for lifestyle change programs in ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Saboya PP,Bodanese LC,Zimmermann PR,Gustavo AD,Macagnan FE,Feoli AP,Oliveira MD

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:to estimate the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in valvular heart disease of rheumatic (RVHD) and non-rheumatic (NVHD) etiology, assessing possible predictive factors for the presence of CAD. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study of a series of cases obtained from a pre-defined population, wher...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kruczan DD,Silva NA,Pereira Bde B,Romão VA,Correa Filho WB,Morales FE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum cystatin C (s-CC), an endogenous marker of kidney function, has also been proposed as a cardiovascular risk marker. However, it is unknown whether it is a direct marker of atherosclerosis, independently of kidney function. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to correlate s-CC with two surrogate marker...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Monteiro Junior Fd,Ferreira PA,Nunes JA,Cunha Júnior CP,Brito RL,Costa JH,Lima JR,Lages JS,Salgado Filho N,Lima VC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case report on a 6-year-old patient with vascular ring, due to double aortic arch. The patient was asymptomatic. The barium-filled esophagus showed bilateral indentations and a large posterior indentation. Echocardiographic study in notch suprasternal view revealed features of this pathology. The diagnosis was made by...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Jacob JL,Machado NC,Coelho WM,Lorga AM,Garzon SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have been attempting to ascertain the risks of Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) and its morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:The main objective was to verify whether SAS increases the risk of death; the secondary objective was to evaluate its morbidity in relation to cardiovascular disease and the n...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fonseca MI,Pereira T,Caseiro P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy improves left ventricular (LV) parameters of hypertensive target-organ damage in stage II hypertension, but whether there is a drug-class difference in echocardiographic parameters in stage I hypertension patients is less often studied. In the PREVER treatment study, where individu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bertoluci C,Foppa M,Santos ABS,Fuchs SC,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2019-01-01 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