Prognostic value of the collagen volume fraction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases show high incidence and prevalence in Brazil; however, participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) is limited and has been poorly investigated in the country. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale (CRBS) was developed to assess the barriers to participation and adherence to CR. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ghisi GL,Santos RZ,Schveitzer V,Barros AL,Recchia TL,Oh P,Benetti M,Grace SL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-years-old female with a primary right atrial angiosarcoma partially obstructing the tricuspid valve, developed severe hypoxemia due to right-to-left shunting through a patient foramen ovale. This is the first report of such clinical situation with this type of tumor. A complete resection of the tumor was attempte...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Velloso LG,Iglezias JC,Serrano Júnior CV,Benvenuti LA,César LA,Barretto AC

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The decrease in mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has been achieved in the United States and the same decrease has been happening in developing countries, thanks to favorable changes in lifestyle and risk factors. Despite such consideration, the volume of information available on the distribution...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ciorlia LA,Godoy MF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This analysis was undertaken to determine the composite incidence of cumulative adverse events (death, reinfarction, disabling stroke, and target vessel revascularization) at the end of the first year after acute myocardial infarction, in diabetic patients who underwent coronary stenting or primary coronary b...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mattos LA,Grines CL,Sousa JE,Sousa AG,Stone GW,Cox D,Garcia E,Morice MC,O'Neill W,Grines L,Boura J

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：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：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:Atrial fibrillation is the most common persistent arrhythmia, and is the main factor that leads to thromboembolism. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the value of left atrial diameter combined with CHA2DS2-VASc score in predicting left atrial/left atrial appendage thrombosis in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. MET...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zhang Y,Yuan YQ

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidences suggest that paraoxonase 1 (PON1) confers important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties when associated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationships between p.Q192R SNP of PON1, biochemical parameters and carotid atherosclerosis in an asymptomatic, normo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Scherrer DZ,Zago VH,Vieira IC,Parra ES,Panzoldo NB,Alexandre F,Secolin R,Baracat J,Quintão EC,Faria EC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify whether accentuated reductions of left ventricular volume lead to mitral valve prolapse. METHODS:Seven mongrel dogs were bled through the internal jugular vein, the systolic systemic pressure being kept between 100 and 140 mmHg by means of continuous infusion of dopamine; the inferior vena cava vein,...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Curti HJ,Ferreira MC,Silveira SA,Sanches PC,Carvalhal S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is unusual in acute myocardial infarction after left main coronary artery occlusion. We applied this therapy in two cases. The first, a 54-year-old man, submitted to mechanical reperfusion and left main coronary artery angioplasty 145 minutes after the beginning of the sy...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Napchan BP,Caramelli B,Tranchesi Júnior B,Arie S,De Oliveira SA,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1990-08-01 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：:We report a case of chronic nonspecific constrictive pericarditis with myocardial involvement in a 19-month-old infant. The patient underwent total pericardiectomy and had irreversible hemodynamic instability. Constrictive pericarditis is rare in childhood. It may follow several processes, most frequently an infectiou...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Guitti JC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the experience of one of the most severe fetal rhythm disturbances, the complete atrioventricular block. METHODS:Descriptive study of 14 fetuses diagnosed and monitored at the Fetal Cardiology Unit, from January, 1991 to August, 1995. RESULTS:Fourteen cases of complete AV block were identified durin...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zimmer LP,Silva AP,Andrade A,Dillenburg RF,Mendonça E,Zielinsky P

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine hypertension prevalence and its associated risk factors. METHODS:A cross-sectional, population-based study of people ages 20 to 69 living in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was conducted. The dependent variable systemic hypertension was defined as blood pressure > or = 160 ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： da Costa JS,Barcellos FC,Sclowitz ML,Sclowitz IK,Castanheira M,Olinto MT,Menezes AM,Gigante DP,Macedo S,Fuchs SC

更新日期：2007-01-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the incidence of problems requiring reprogramming of atrioventricular pacemakers in a long-term follow-up, and also the causes for this procedure. METHODS:During the period from May '98 to December '99, 657 patients were retrospectively studied, An actuarial curve for the event reprogramming of the...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Martinelli M,de Arruda Melo S,Nishióka SA,Pedrosa AA,de Siqueira SF,Costa R,Sosa E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) is an important public health problem, of which main clinical symptoms are dyspnea and fatigue. Noninvasive ventilatory support has been used as adjuvant therapy in cardiac rehabilitation in order to improve the functional capacity of patients. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the functional capacit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lima Eda S,Cruz CG,Santos FC,Gomes-Neto M,Bittencourt HS,Reis FJ,Aras R,Guimarães AC,Rodrigues-Junior Ede S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate septal perfusion and contractility in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB). METHODS:Twenty patients were submitted to myocardial scintigraphy with Tecnecium-99m isontrile after exercise and dipyridamole infusion. The septal contractility was observed during the radionuclide ventriculograph...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Smanio PE,Martins LR,Tazima S,Meneghelo R,Thom A,Sousa JE

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the nitroglycerin patches efficacy and tolerability in patients with stable angina pectoris. METHODS:One thousand and five hundred and thirty nine patients with stable angina pectoris, mean age 61.0 +/- 10.3, 891 men and 648 women were prospectively evaluated by five hundred and thirty five special...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ramires JA,Ghorayeb N,Mansur AP,Batlouni M,Oliveira SF,da Luz PL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a highly expressed enzyme due to leukocyte activation, with multiple atherogenic actions, including LDL cholesterol oxidation, and is related to the instability of atherosclerotic plaque. It is a predictor of adverse events in healthy individuals, patients with heart disease or those...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Esporcatte R,Rey HC,Rangel FO,Rocha RM,Mendonça Filho HT,Dohmann HF,Albanesi Filho FM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare cardiac muscle cells width and cardiomyocyte lipofuscin pigment presence between malnourished and non-malnourished necropsied adults. METHODS:Out of 315 necropsy protocols of adults randomly chosen, those with edema, ascitis, systemic arterial hypertension, chronic liver disease, and heart disease w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： da Cunha DF,Pedrini CH,Sousa JC,dos Reis MA,Ramos SG,da Cunha SF,Teixeira Vde P

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze retrograde conduction during junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) episodes and investigate the existence of a relationship between the presence of a retrograde block and the risk of atrioventricular block (AVB) development during radiofrequency ablation procedures in patients with nodal atrioventr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva MS,Sá RL,Fagundes ML,Cruz Filho FE,Arantes LB,Boghossian S,de Almeida AM,Fagundes RL,Romeo Filho LJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the in-hospital results and clinical follow-up of young patients (< 50 years) with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing stent implantation in native coronary arteries and to compare their results with those of patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. METHODS:We retrospectively...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Anello AL,Moscoso I,Tófano RJ,Salman AA,Cristóvão SA,Mauro MF,Batista de O Neto J,Mangione JA

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the results of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty (PBV) for membranous subaortic stenosis (MSAS). METHODS:Seven patients with MSAS were submitted to PBV using the retrograde approach. Hemodynamic and angiographic studies were performed before and after the procedure. The balloon/annulus ratio varie...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pedra CA,Gusmão Mde O,Esteves CA,Braga SL,Fontes VF

更新日期：1997-05-01 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