[Evaluation of segmentary contractility in Chagas' disease by using the integral of the myocardial velocity gradient (myocardial strain) obtained through tissue Doppler echocardiography].

abstract：PURPOSE:To show the initial experience of this service with the technique of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between january 1988 and december 1989, 305 coronary angioplasties were performed in 280 patients with age range of 33 to 82 years (being 49% above 60 years old) and 71% mal...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： dos Santos JL,Greguolo C,Netto LA,Teno LA,de Camargo NP,Freitas Ode C,Isaac HJ,Leal MG,Zanardi AM,Muniz LE

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complexity of reentrant circuits related to ventricular tachycardias decreases the success rate of radiofrequency ablation procedures. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether the epicardial mapping with multiple electrodes carried out simultaneously with the endocardial mapping helps in ablation procedures of sus...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva GG,Veloso HH,Leite LR,Farias RL,Paola AA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Assess the efficacy of the different strategies employed in the management of acute closure and verify the late prognosis of patients who develop this complication. METHODS:From january 1987, through December 1990, 2315 consecutive patients underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in our...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nunes GL,Sousa AG,Tanajura LF,Cano MN,Maldonado G,Feres F,Mattos LA,Pinto IM,Sousa JE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Determining the cardiovascular risk factors is essential for the primary and secondary prevention of circulatory system diseases. OBJECTIVE:To obtain the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a population of industry workers in Brazil. METHODS:Transversal cohort study, with a sociodemographic interv...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cassani RS,Nobre F,Pazin Filho A,Schmidt A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer, increases the sensitivity of the heart to calcium, thus increasing myocardial contractility without a rise in intracellular calcium. It was recently shown that levosimendan is beneficial in improving renal function. However, it remains to be established that the beneficial...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zorlu A,Yücel H,Yontar OC,Karahan O,Tandogan I,Katrancioglu N,Yilmaz MB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) experience elevated cardiac stress because of the repetitive and intermittent character of dialysis. Changes in ventricular electrical systole induced by necessary dialysis significantly contribute to predict sudden death due to arrhythmia in ESKD. OBJECTIVE:The...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Valentim B,Pereira A,Coelho P,Pereira T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades the efficacy and safety of bare metal (BMS) and drug eluting stents (DES) have been demonstrated in many different clinical scenarios, leading to their use in more than 75% of the procedures worldwide. Compared to BMS, DES have shown lower rates of angiographic restenosis and target-vessel revasc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ribeiro EE,Ribeiro HB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six days old neonate with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum is reported in which a communication was established between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The membraneous atresia was perforated with a special radiofrequency catheter 2F connected to a Hat 200S radiofrequency generator (Osypka)...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fontes VF,Esteves CA,Braga SL,Acuña U,Santana MV,de Oliveira LM,Pedra SR,Sousa JE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the management and prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease are limited in Brazil, showing that the available revascularization strategies should be investigated. OBJECTIVE:To assess the outcomes of complete revascularization versus treatm...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cadore JC,Furtado MV,Tumelero R,Tognon A,Krepsky AM,Cadore D,Ruschel KB,Bedin JC,Conte T,Polanczyk CA

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a known association between chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment of cancer patients and development or worsening of hypertension. The aim of this article is to review this association. A literature search was conducted for articles reporting this association on the databases PubMed, SciELO and LILACS b...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Souza VB,Silva EN,Ribeiro ML,Martins Wde A

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：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：:A 17-year-old woman with mitral and tricuspid valve prolapse and myxomatous degeneration presented puerperal infection by Staphylococcus aureus with clinical picture of sepsis and multiple septic embolism (right eye, left thumb, spleen, and left calf). She underwent total hysterectomy on the 10th day postdelivery and ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pereira Mde B,Timerman S,Timerman A,Negrisoli AL,Bub RF,Smith MR,Akamine N,Aun R,Knobel E

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Information on the clinical progression, in the long term, of patients submitted to mechanical reperfusion is scarce. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to describe the long-term clinical progression of patients submitted to primary stenting. METHODS:Between January 1998 and December 2003 we studied ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Oliveira DC,Oliveira JB,Ferro CR,Rosa CG,Borba LA,Knopp F,Oliveira GP,Silva CR,Piegas LS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of captopril 50 mg + hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg daily in mild to moderate primary hypertension. METHODS:Out-patients (n = 471) with mild to moderate hypertension, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 95-115 mmHg, with 15 days of washout, were included to the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Velasco-Cornejo IF,Martin LC,Franco RJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of DHF is a challenge even for the experienced physician. Advances in research have brought new treatment options that are helping change paradigms. The available evidence suggests that new drugs like levosimendan and nesiritide will assume relevant positions as alternatives or complements to treatment with ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vilas-Boas F,Follath F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most reports regarding the obesity paradox have focused on body mass index (BMI) to classify obesity and the prognostic values of other indirect measurements of body composition remain poorly examined in heart failure (HF). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between BMI and other indirect, but easily acc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zuchinali P,Souza GC,Alves FD,d'Almeida KS,Goldraich LA,Clausell NO,Rohde LE

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:In patients with systemic hypertension, microalbuminuria is a marker of endothelial damage and is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE:To determine the factors that may lead to the occurrence of microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients with serum creatinine lower than 1.5...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Moura Rdo S,Vasconcelos DF,Freitas E,Moura FJ,Rosa TT,Veiga JP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of a 62 year-old man admitted for recurrent myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries, caused by coronary embolism from aortic papillary fibroelastoma. Other conditions causing acute coronary syndrome and normal coronary arteries are discussed. A careful evaluation by transthoraci...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Brito JD,Almeida MS,Ribeiras R,Melo JQ,Almeida RH,Silva JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze, by cross-sectional echocardiography, morphological features of the atrial atrioventricular and ventricular septum potentially involved in the genesis of fixed subaortic stenosis. METHODS:Forty three children with fixed subaortic stenosis were compared with 86 normal children, matched by age, sex an...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Miyague NI,Bresolin AA,Gutierrez JA,Zielinsky P

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective interventions to improve medication adherence are usually complex and expensive. OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a low-cost intervention designed to improve medication adherence and clinical outcomes in post-discharge patients with CVD. METHOD:A pilot RCT was conducted at a teaching hospital. I...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Oliveira-Filho AD,Morisky DE,Costa FA,Pacheco ST,Neves SF,Lyra DP Jr

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last two decades the results of randomized clinical studies, which are powerful aids for correctly assessing therapeutical strategies, have consolidated cardiological practice. In addition, scientifically interesting hypotheses have been generated through the results of epidemiological studies. Properly condu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Avezum A,Rossi Neto JM,Piegas L

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Several studies have been attempting to ascertain the risks of Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) and its morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:The main objective was to verify whether SAS increases the risk of death; the secondary objective was to evaluate its morbidity in relation to cardiovascular disease and the n...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fonseca MI,Pereira T,Caseiro P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data are available on diastolic function in patients with aortic stenosis (AOS) with indication of surgical treatment. A potential correlation between biomarkers and diastolic function has not been established. OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to evaluate diastolic function in patients with AOS waitin...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Boer BP,Vieira ML,Sampaio RO,Abensur H,Oliveira AG,Fernandes JR,Grinberg M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antihypertensive therapy with thiazides decreases coronary events in elderly patients. However, the influence of diuretics on myocardial ischemia has not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of chlorthalidone and diltiazem on myocardial ischemia. METHODS:Following a random...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Serro-Azul JB,de Paula RS,Gruppi C,Pinto L,Pierri H,Nussbacher A,Gebara O,Moffa P,Pereira-Barreto AC,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00