Prevalence of electrocardiographic findings in elderly individuals: the Sao Paulo aging & health study.

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

abstract：:A 61 year-old Chagasic woman, with previous left ventricular systolic disfunction, ventricular tachychardia and cardiac pacemaker, presented cardiac arrest in asystolia after surgical ressection of apical aneurysm. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Franco FG,Moffa PJ,Higuchi Mde L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional right ventricular stimulation can be associated with deleterious effects on cardiac function. The need for a more physiological artificial cardiac stimulation is undoubtedly one of the most important points in the area of cardiac electrotherapy. The programming algorithms for the maintenance of adequa...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva Júnior Od,Melo CS,Marra M,Correia D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep apneas are frequent in patients with heart failure (HF). Estimate of the pre-beta blocker age (BB) point out to 45% of central apneas in these patients. OBJECTIVE:Assess the influence of BB in central apneas and their interference in the quality of sleep and life of patients with heart failure. METHO...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva CP,Lorenzi-Filho G,Marcondes B,Osmundo G Jr,Mangini S,Freitas AF Jr,Pires PV,Bocchi EA,Bacal F

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：: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：BACKGROUND:The monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension model is one of the most reproduced today, presenting as a limitation the absence of plexiform lesions, typical manifestations of the severe disease in humans. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the severity of MCT-induced pulmonary arteriopathy by patholog...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gewehr DM,Salgueiro GR,Noronha L,Kubrusly FB,Kubrusly LF,Coltro GA,Preto PC,Bertoldi AS,Vieira HI

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between the evolution of cognitive performance and the prognosis of elderly patients after compensation of advanced heart failure. METHODS:Thirty-one patients older than 64 (68 +/- 7) years and admitted with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure and ejection fraction = 0.45...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ochiai ME,Franco LL,Gebara OC,Nussbacher A,Serro-Azul JB,Pierri H,Rays J,Barretto AC,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess advanced heart failure (HF) treatment in relation to reduction of ventricular filling pressures, with the use of greater doses of vasodilators, through invasive hemodynamic monitoring. METHODS:Nineteen advanced HF patients were studied, in whom Swan-Ganz catheter was inserted to direct administrati...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Almeida Júnior GL,Esporcatte R,Rangel FO,Rocha RM,Gouvêa e Silva Gde M,Tura BR,Jorge JK,Drumond LE,Albanesi Filho FM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is defined as a complicated state that related to homeostasis disturbances, over-activity of the sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses. Cardiac preconditioning reduces myocardial damages. OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to assess the cardioprotective effects o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Imani A,Parsa H,Chookalaei LG,Rakhshan K,Golnazari M,Faghihi M

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of the relief of the mitral stenosis by percutaneous ballon valvotomy in the function of the left atrial appendage. METHODS:Twelve patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis, in sinus rhythm, were studied. They were submitted to the transesophageal echocardiogram before and after effecti...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Tatani SB,Campos Filho O,Fischer CH,Moisés VA,Souza JA,Alves CM,Paola AA,Carvalho AC

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:The inhibition of the rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and sympathetic autonomous nervous system has increased the perspective of survival in these patients, as well as allowing the improvement of the quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reality of the treatment employed and...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva CP,Bacal F,Pires PV,Mangini S,Issa VS,Moreira SF,Chizzola PR,Souza GE,Guimarães GV,Bocchi EA

更新日期：2007-04-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) women have a high prevalence of obesity and alterations in cardiovascular autonomic control, mainly modifications in heart rate variability (HRV) autonomic modulation. However, there are few studies about other autonomic control parameters, such as blood pressure variabilit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Philbois SV,Gastaldi AC,Facioli TP,Felix ACS,Reis RMD,Fares TH,Souza HCD

更新日期：2019-04-01 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: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 assess the impact of nutritional attention on the lipid profile and nutritional status of hypercholesterolemic patients attended in health centers of Belo Horizonte. METHODS:Using nutritional attendance patient record cards from two health units, the evolution of the lipid profile and the nutritional stat...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Batista Mda C,Franceschini Sdo C

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：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：:We report a patient who developed dyspnea on mild exertion six years after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Myocardial ischemia was documented by radionuclide imaging, and coronary angiography showed patency of all grafts and a large fistula between the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) and the left pul...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Almeida Júnior GL,Jorge JK,Neno AC,Nogueira FB,Hellmuth B,Lins RH,Vilella R,Carreira VJ,Thadeu I,Silva JP

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Excessive weight is a cardiovascular risk factor since it generates a chronic inflammatory process that aggravates the endothelial function. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the endothelial function in individuals with excess weight and mild dyslipidemia using brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (BAFMD), and the as...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Menti E,Zaffari D,Galarraga T,Lessa JR,Pontin B,Pellanda LC,Portal VL

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To study the efficacy and tolerability of urapidil in patients with mild and moderate arterial hypertension, including ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). METHODS:Twenty patients, either sex, 40 to 75 years old, with diastolic blood pressure (DBP) between 90 to 115mmHg were studied. The DBP was the fo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nobre F,Nogueira JL

更新日期：1993-07-01 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