[The use of preoperative intra-aortic balloon in myocardial revascularization surgery associated to severe ventricular dysfunction].

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：:Patient with subaortic stenosis due to the insertion of anomalous chordae tendineae of the mitral valve in the interventricular septum (mitral web) associated with mitral stenosis with diagnosis made by bidimensional echocardiographic study with Doppler and confirmed by hemodynamic study. The patient was submitted to ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Groppo AA,Santos GG,Simões RM,Haddad VL,Stolf NA

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:We report the case of a 31-year old woman presenting with atypical rheumatic disease in the 28th week of the second pregnancy. Questions related to prevention of the disease and its treatment during the pregnancy-puerperium cycle are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Saraiva LC,Macedo A,Batista AE

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with thalassemia major present chronic hemolysis and require regular blood transfusions which may cause iron overload cardiomyopathy and chronic heart failure. Hemochromatosis is characterized by excessive iron accumulation in tissues, and heart involvement is the main cause of death in patients wit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rodrigues A,Guimarães-Filho FV,Braga JC,Rodrigues CS,Waib P,Fabron-Junior A,Tan DM,França AC,Okoshi MP,Okoshi K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the morbidity and mortality of patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) (according to the First Brazilian Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of MS) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) during hospitalization and after 30 days. METHODS:A total of 107 patients who underwent C...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimenta E,Passarelli O Jr,Borelli F,Sousa MG,Gun C,Amato V,Amodeo C,Piegas LS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study anatomical limitation of coronary angioplasty, as alternative therapy in patients with multivessel disease and submitted to bypass surgery. METHODS:In 380 patients with multivessel disease and submitted to previous coronary bypass surgery, age ranged from 41 to 72 (average = 51) years, being 68% males...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimentel Filho WA,Ascer E,Buchler JR,de Assis SF,Hirschfeld R,Soares Neto MM,Neves MF,Pinheiro LF,Araújo EC,Armelin E

更新日期：1992-01-01 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

abstract：:We report new percutaneous techniques for perforating the pulmonary valve in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, in 3 newborns who had this birth defect. There was mild to moderate hypoplastic right ventricle, a patent infundibulum, and no coronary-cavitary communications. We succeeded in all cases, and ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pedra CA,de Sousa LN,Pedra SR,Ferreira WP,Braga SL,Esteves CA,Santana MV,Sousa JE,Fontes VF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considering the potential deleterious effects of right ventricular (RV) pacing, the hypothesis of this study is that isolated left ventricular (LV) pacing through the coronary sinus is safe and may provide better clinical and echocardiographic benefits to patients with bradyarrhythmias and normal ventricular...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Crevelari ES,Silva KRD,Albertini CMM,Vieira MLC,Martinelli Filho M,Costa R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticoagulation is the chief problem during pregnancy of women with mechanical prosthetic valves. Many studies have investigated a nonthrombogenic valve. Since 1978 we have used a biological porcine prosthetic valves in 16 pregnancies, 11 patients with regular clinical electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and chest...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kadri T,Franken RA,Rivetti LA,Tedesco JJ,Suelotto RR,Santos RG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic cretead to the healthcare system have made it necessary to adapt routines and services, with the objectives of controlling the spread of the virus and preserving health. Safe and correct management of patients in risks groups, such as elderly patients, patients with cardiovasc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kawahara LT,Costa IBSDS,Barros CCS,Almeida GC,Bittar CS,Rizk SI,Testa L,Moniz CMV,Pereira J,Oliveira GMM,Diz MDPE,Guimarães PO,Pinto IM,Kalil Filho R,Hajjar LA,Hoff PM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an idiopathic disorder defined by the occurrence of acute heart failure during late pregnancy or post-partum period in the absence of any other definable cause. Its clinical course is variable and severe cases might require heart transplantation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate long-te...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bouabdallaoui N,Demondion P,Maréchaux S,Varnous S,Lebreton G,Mouquet F,Leprince P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess safety and efficacy of coronary angioplasty with stent implantation in unstable coronary syndromes. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of in-hospital and late evolution of 74 patients with unstable coronary syndromes (unstable angina or infarction without elevation of the ST segment) undergoing coronar...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Correia LC,Brito JC,Barbosa AC,Azevedo Júnior AM,Rocha MS,Carvalho HG,Esteves JP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is a common comorbidity in heart failure (HF); however, the mechanisms related to a poorer outcome of depressed patients with HF remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of severe depression in the outcome of patients with decompensated HF. METHODS:A total of 43 patients with advanced HF, ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Aguiar VB,Ochiai ME,Cardoso JN,Del Carlo CH,Morgado PC,Munhoz RT,Pereira-Barretto AC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of resistive exercise in the study of endothelial dysfunction in heart failure (HF) comparatively to reactive hyperemia (RH). METHODS:Eighteen patients with heart failure and 15 normal volunteers were submitted to intermittent handgrip exercise in a pneumatic bag, at an intensity that cor...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Carvalho RT,Vieira ML,Romano A,Kopel L,Lage SG

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:The echocardiogram of a twenty-year-old man, previously healthy, suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and fatigue after moderate exertion that intensified over a period of about ten days, showed the left atrium myxoma working as severe mitral stenosis. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vilela EP,Moura L,Pepe D,Nunes E,Erthal F,Campana E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of activated protein C resistance (APCR) caused by mutations in factor V (factor V Leiden) is an important risk factor for venous thromboembolism, of which role as the originator of arterial obstructions in situ is still a controversial subject. The clinical case of a young patient with history of coron...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Menezes IA,Romani RF,Aoki YS,Abdo JC,Carvalho M

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:A white male patient, 59 years old, with two prior surgical myocardial revascularization and unstable angina, was submitted to coronary arteriography that showed: all the saphenous vein grafts patent and obstruction of 75% in the saphenous vein graft to the second marginal branch of left circumflex artery. Left intern...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimentel Filho WA,Büchler JR,Assis SF,Araújo EC,Neves Filho M,Pinheiro LF,de Souza JA,Ascer E,Ribas W,Vieira VD

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning with a patient presenting with an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the secundum type, the genealogy was identified in four affected individuals who belonged to three successive generations of the same family. The defects were visually confirmed in all individuals and were found to be anatomically similar. No ot...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ferreira C,Farah LM,Póvoa RM,Luna Filho B,Costa A,Ferreira Filho C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE--To present initial experience on radiofrequency (RF) ablation of atrial flutter (AFL) guided by anatomic and electrophysiologic parameters. METHODS--Eight patients (six males), mean-age of 42 +/- 17.5 years with chronic type I AFL (mean cycle length of 251 +/- 14.3 msec, range 240 to 280 msec) were undergone ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cruz Filho FE,Fagundes ML,Boghossian S,Vanheusden LM,Ribeiro JC,Villacorta H,Maia IG

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to review clinical and laboratory features of this unusual pathology and its complications, indicating transcatheter embolization as a first choice for its management. Our case report is of a seven year-old child, with complex pulmonary arteriovenous fistula of the anterior segment of right su...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Melo JC,de Araújo AP,Monteiro Eda S,Rongel EB,Felipe H,Ferreira MC,Tavares W,Medeiros R

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：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：:Erdheim-Chester Disease is a rare entity, classified as an inflammatory myeloid neoplasm, with an unknown incidence, occurring preferentially in men after 50 years of age. Classically, it has a multisystemic presentation, with the skeletal system being the most frequently affected (90% of the patients), followed by ge...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Costa IBSDS,Abdo ANR,Bittar CS,Fonseca SMR,Moraes ASHT,Kalil Filho R,Pereira J,Hajjar LA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old patient presented with shortness of breath after falling down. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed an extensive thrombus in the right atrium (RA), extensive thrombosis of the inferior vena cava (IVC), and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A magnetic resonance confirmed the thrombosis of the RA extending t...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hotta VT,Bluemke DA,Staszko KF,Pereira AN,Rochitte CE

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:The feasibility and potential for the morphological and hemodynamic investigation of the heart has been increasing the use of the echocardiography in the research setting. Additionally, the development of new technologies, like the real time 3D echocardiography and speckle tracking, demands validation throughout exper...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Abduch MC,Assad RS,Mathias W Jr,Aiello VD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00