Effect of ventilatory support on functional capacity in patients with heart failure: a pilot study.

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：OBJECTIVE:To present a technical proposal based on the experience of 130 implantations using a simplified technique for coronary sinus catheterization, based on the atrial component of the intracavitary electrogram and radiological anatomy. METHODS:From October, 2001 to October, 2004, 130 biventricular pacemaker impla...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Souza FS,Mortati NL,Braile DM,Vieira RW,Rojas SO,Rabelo AC,Souza JM,Oliveira SA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies on cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with different degrees of obesity. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate metabolic effects associated with different degrees of obesity in adolescents and their impact on cardiovascular risks. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of 80 obese adolescents, d...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lavrador MS,Abbes PT,Escrivão MA,Taddei JA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent MADIT II and SCD-HeFT trials have led to an expansion of indications for use of prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) in patients with severe left-ventricular impairment. This therapy has not been fully adopted in our health care system, mainly due to its high cost. OBJECTIVE:To a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hadid C,Avellana P,Di Toro D,Gomez CF,Visser M,Prieto N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive cardiological methods have been used for the identification of myocardial damage in Chagas disease. OBJECTIVE:To verify whether the rest/stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is able to identify early myocardial damage in the indeterminate form of Chagas disease. METHODS:Eighteen patients w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Abuhid IM,Pedroso ER,Rezende NA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study concerns a 44 year-old male patient with a history of intermittent episodes of rheumatic activity; the physical examination showed mitral valve stenosis and metacarpophalangeal joint deformities. The joint deformities were bilateral and symmetrical, similar to that of rheumatoid arthritis. Nevertheless, the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： João SR,Afonso MR,Martins Júnior L,Almeida Júnior BN,Simões RP,França HH

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the parameters of the time domain P-wave signal-averaged electrocardiogram (P-SAECG) and compare them with the P-wave duration on the conventional electrocardiogram (P on ECG) as well as the left atrium diameter (LAD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) obtained on the echocardiogram in ord...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Moreira JO,Moffa PJ,Uchida AH,Tobias NM,Grupi CJ,Luna Filho B,Tarasoutchi F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) present a high prevalence and have an impact on the morbimortality of the elderly; however, this question is still unknown by the elderly treated in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of CVRF among the elderly treated by SUS i...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Conceição Ferreira CC,Peixoto Mdo R,Barbosa MA,Silveira EA

更新日期：2010-10-01 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:High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) has played an important role in the risk stratification of patients during the in-hospital phase of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but few studies have determined its role as a long-term prognostic marker in the outpatient setting. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Castro LT,Santos IS,Goulart AC,Pereira ADC,Staniak HL,Bittencourt MS,Lotufo PA,Bensenor IM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the impact of HDL-c and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CV) in the elderly are scarce. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical and laboratory variables and the occurrence of CV events in elderly patients stratified according to the behavior of HDL-c during an eight-year follow up. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Freitas EV,Brandão AA,Pozzan R,Magalhães ME,Fonseca F,Pizzi O,Campana E,Brandão AP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The exercise treadmill test can be used in ventricular dysfunction patients for functional capacity or predicting prognosis. The cardiac image with 123I MIBG shows cardiac sympathetic activation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between exercise treadmill test variables and cardiac image changes in 12...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rocha Messias L,de Queiroz Carreira MÂ,Ribeiro de Miranda SM,Cunha de Azevedo J,Ambrósio Gava I,Campos Rodrigues R,Maróstica E,Lucas da Nóbrega AC,Tinoco Mesquita C

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular events (CVE) secondary to atherosclerosis in lupus patients and correlate them to the traditional risk factors, disease duration and drug therapy used. METHODS:A retrospective study was carried out based on data obtained from patients charts. Patients included wer...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Freire BF,da Silva RC,Fabro AT,dos Santos DC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors consider the possibility of using color Doppler of the ductus venosus and the measurement of nuchal translucency as a screening test for alterations in fetal cardiac functions in the first trimester of gestation. Review of the literature suggests that the combination of the ultrasonographic measurement of ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Murta CG,Moron AF,de Avila MA

更新日期：1999-06-01 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:Today, chronic kidney diseases represent a great challenge to public health as regards the acquisition of knowledge to support interventions that can slow the progression of renal function loss. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the magnitude of the renal function deficit in hypertensive adult patients and its relations...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Braga FL,Arruda IK,Diniz Ada S,Cabral PC,Lemos Mda C,Braga MD,Chaves Hde C Jr

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) have been associated with thrombosis, recurrent abortion, and thrombocytopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but their relationship with cardiac disease is less clear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association betw...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Falcao CA,Alves IC,Chahade WH,Duarte AL,Lucena-Silva N

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on noninvasive vascular assessment and their association with cardiovascular risk variables are scarce in young individuals. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between pulse wave velocity and blood pressure, anthropometric and metabolic variables, including adipocytokines, in young adults. METHODS:...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pizzi OL,Brandão AA,Pozzan R,Magalhães ME,Campana EM,Fonseca FL,Freitas EV,Brandão AP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 20 year old young man having the permanent form of junctional reciprocating tachycardia complicated by ventricular fibrillation (VF) is reported. A number of antiarrhythmic drugs either as single or combined therapy fail to control tachycardia. Paroxisms of a faster palpitation which never lasted longer th...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sternick EB,Gerken LM,Azevedo Sobrinho AL,Barbosa MR,Gontijo B,Vrandecic M

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:The patient was a male with myasthenia gravis, hospitalized with acute respiratory failure due to decompensation of the underlying disease. He evolved with findings suggestive of acute myocardial infarction, with electrocardiographic and enzymatic alterations compatible with that diagnosis. The patient underwent emerg...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sousa JM,Knobel M,Buchelle G,Sousa JA,Fisher CH,Born D,Akamine N,Knobel E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient is a male with risk factors for coronary artery disease, who was referred for cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction in the inferior wall. The patient underwent transluminal coronary angioplasty in the right coronary artery with successful stent implantation. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： da L V Siqueira L,Bueno RR,Guérios EE,de Andrade PM,Nercolini DC,Negrão SW,Pacheco AL,Tarastchuck JC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the increasing use of the cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) method and the frequent implementation of such method in new services, we describe herein, in a step-by-step format, the acquisition techniques that are necessary for a complete cardiac approach, of the main anatomical planes of the heart used by CMR. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nacif MS,Oliveira Junior AC,Carvalho AC,Rochitte CE

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease (CHD), and IL-6 expression has associated with reduced DNA methylation of its gene promoter. However, there are no data on IL-6 promoter methylation and the risk of CHD. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether IL-6 promoter methylation me...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zuo HP,Guo YY,Che L,Wu XZ

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：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:Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is considered the gold-standard method for the calculation of cardiac volumes. Transthoracic impedance cardiography assesses the cardiac output. No studies validating this measurement, in comparison to that obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, are available. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Villacorta Junior H,Villacorta AS,Amador F,Hadlich M,Albuquerque DC,Azevedo CF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with Chagas cardiomyopathy that was submitted to a heart transplantation and five months later presented a progressive increase in liver enzymes. Diagnosis of chronic active hepatitis was confirmed by histopathologic studies. A transitory interruption of treatment with azathioprine and the posterior ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Carvalho VB,Fonseca FA,de Oliveira e Silva A,Molina FR,Santo GC,dos Santos TE,de Souza EF,Macruz R,Zerbini Ede J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00