Broken-heart syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome).

abstract：:A 56-year-old female with unstable angina, presented an acute embolic ischaemic stroke of right medium cerebral artery during elective coronary angiography. Complete patency was achieved after an intraarterial infusion of rt-PA (60mg/60min) with important functional improvement. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ascer E,Lessa I,Caldas JG,Frudit ME,Pereira Mde B,Baruzzi AC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two 38 and 53-year old male patients with unstable angina, whose hemodynamic study showed an isolated stenosis of the left coronary artery ostium, were submitted to a surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) with saphenous vein patch. At the end of the operation, the patients presented intermitent ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gerola LR,Eckert ID,Sejópolis JA,Najjar A,Scala LC,Fontes RD

更新日期：1997-09-01 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:Although thrombolysis and primary CTA are well-established procedures, they are not administered in a large proportion of the patients with STEMI who arrive to the emergency rooms. OBJECTIVE:Describe initial and final the results in a cohort of STEMI patients METHODS:The study included, from hospital admis...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Soares Jda S,Souza NR,Nogueira Filho J,Cunha CC,Ribeiro GS,Peixoto RS,Soares CE,Soares LC,Reis AF,Faria CA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular outcome in patients with the undetermined form of Chagas' disease and whether or not it is related to the infectious disease in the long-term. METHODS:One hundred and sixty patients were prospectively followed-up at three month intervals for up to 177 mo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

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

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that short periods of ischemia may increase the myocardial protection obtained with intermittent crossclamping of the aorta. METHODS:In the control group (18 patients), surgery was performed with systemic hypothermia at 32 degrees C and intermittent crossclamping of the aorta. Extracor...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fernandes PM,Jatene FB,Gentil AF,Coelho FF,Kwasnicka K,Stolf NA,de Oliveira SA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis is an uncommon isolated anomaly and since 1978 only 119 cases have been reported. In general the condition presents as pulmonary hypertension (PH) in children and hemoptysis in adults. Interventions such as pulmonary artery reconstruction and lobectomies were performed in ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Atik E,Tanamati C,Kajita L,Barbero-Marcial M

更新日期：2006-10-01 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: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: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：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：OBJECTIVE:Patients who underwent heart transplantation (HTX) experience a reduction in the elevation that is usual in systolic blood pressure during exercise testing. Of unknown origin, this phenomenon varies in frequency and intensity. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between systolic blood pressu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Salles AF,Machado CV,Cordovil A,Leite WA,Moisés VA,de Almeida DR,Carvalho AC,Oliveira Filho JA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug intoxication with disulfiram is a rare condition that may lead to severe and potentially fatal cardiovascular manifestations such as cardiogenic shock. We report the case of a female patient with refractory shock after deliberate self-poisoning with disulfiram. Clinical, biochemical and echocardiographic assessme...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Jerónimo A,Meira C,Amaro A,Campello GC,Granja C

更新日期：2009-03-01 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:In coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, the need to perform a midsternotomy has been considered a factor for the decrease in postoperative pulmonary function. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate early postoperative (PO) pulmonary function in patients submitted to off-pump CABG, comparing the convent...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Guizilini S,Bolzan DW,Faresin SM,Alves FA,Gomes WJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between P-wave and QT dispersions in elderly patients with heart failure. METHODS:Forty-seven elderly patients (75.6+/-6 years) with stable heart failure in NYHA functional classes II or III and with ejection fractions of 37+/-6% underwent body surface mapping to analyze P-wave and QT ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Szlejf C,Rays J,Gebara OC,Vieira NW,Pierri H,Nussbacher A,Serro-Azul JB,Samesima N,Pastore CA,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk scores used as assistance agents in valve diseases are validated worldwide; however, the data are not homogeneous. The epidemiological characteristics of each population require local validation of these risk tools. The percutaneous valve replacement, which is a reality in valvular diseases (especially aortic...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Casalino R,Tarassoutchi F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography is a useful method for screening and assessing response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). 3D echocardiography has already established its role in the evaluation of ventricular volumes and ejection fraction (LVEF) with excellent correlation of results when compared with MRI. OBJECT...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hotta VT,Martinelli Filho M,Mady C,Mathias W Jr,Vieira ML

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 30-year-old female patient, with biological mitral valve prosthesis due to symptomatic mitral stenosis and a history of acute myocardial infarction and generalized tonic-clonic seizure episodes, visual hallucinations, cerebral thromboembolic events and, at present, chorea and acute carditis. The patient...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Soeiro Ade M,Almeida MC,Accorsi TA,Spina GS,Serrano CV Jr,Tarasoutchi F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of dyslipidemia is increasing in many parts of Brazil, but it is yet unclear how much exercise is needed to attain beneficial effects on plasma lipoprotein levels. OBJECTIVE:The study analyzed eight cities of the state of São Paulo, the association between the continued practice of physical e...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fernandes RA,Christofaro DG,Casonatto J,Codogno JS,Rodrigues EQ,Cardoso ML,Kawaguti SS,Zanesco A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE - To assess the incidence of fatal pulmonary embolism (FPE), the accuracy of clinical diagnosis, and the profile of patients who suffered an FPE in a tertiary University Hospital. METHODS - Analysis of the records of 3,890 autopsies performed at the Department of General Pathology from January 1980 to Decemb...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mesquita CT,Morandi Júnior JL,Perrone FT,Oliveira Cd,Barreira LJ,Nascimento SS,Pareto Júnior RC,Mesquita ET

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 study the factors associated with the risk of in-hospital death in acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian public health system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS:Sectional study of a sample with 391 randomly drawn medical records of the hospitalizations due to acute myocardial infarction recorded in...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Escosteguy CC,Portela MC,Medronho Rde A,de Vasconcellos MT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the hypothesis that the pulmonary vein pulsatility index is higher in fetuses of diabetic mothers than it is in normal fetuses of nondiabetic mothers. METHODS:Twenty-four fetuses of mothers with either gestational or previous diabetes (cases), and 25 normal fetuses of mothers without systemic disea...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zielinsky P,Piccoli AL Jr,Teixeira L,Gus EI,Mânica JL,Satler F,Vaz H,Nicoloso LH,Luchese S,Sheid M,Marcantonio S,Hatém D

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Physical stress tolerance (ST) is a measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. Aerobic capacity is reduced in heart failure (HF) although there is no data available on this parameter in animals with ventricular dysfunction and no signs of HF. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate ST in rats with ventricular diastolic dysfuncti...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mendes OC,Sugizaki MM,Campos DS,Damatto RL,Leopoldo AS,Lima-Leopoldo AP,Baldissera V,Padovani CR,Okoshi K,Cicogna AC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, coronary atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. The INTERHEART study demonstrated that dyslipidemia is one of the most important independent risk factors for AMI. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the lipid profile and blood pressure of school children atten...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Scherr C,Magalhães CK,Malheiros W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:The Stroop test requires the individual to respond to specific elements of a stimulus, whereas inhibiting more automated processes. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cardiovascular reactivity induced by the computerized version of the Stroop word-color test TESTINPACS with the traditional version based on the readin...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barbosa DF,Prada FJ,Glanner MF,Nóbrega Ode T,Córdova CO

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00