[Echocardiographic monitoring of balloon atrial septostomy].

abstract：BACKGROUND:High blood pressure is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Low blood pressure control rates in Latin American populations emphasize the need for gathering evidence on effective therapies. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of dietary interventions on blood pressure in Latin American populations...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mazzaro CC,Klostermann FC,Erbano BO,Schio NA,Guarita-Souza LC,Olandoski M,Faria-Neto JR,Baena CP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the autonomic behavior of the escape rhythm in congenital complete heart block (CCHB), using heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS:A group of 10 asymptomatic patients with CCHB and narrow QRS was studied, 7 females; mean age = 14 +/- 9 years. The following time domain indexes were analyzed from a 24 h...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Boghossian SH,Maia IG,Seidler G,Costa AM,Cruz Filho F,Alves PA

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:A 39-year-old female patient with refractory heart failure has been studied. On February, 1982 she was submitted to right lobar thyroidectomy for remotion of the left thyroid lobe. Following the surgery, she had signs of hypocalcemia and the diagnosis of secondary hypoparathyroidism and heart failure had been made. Se...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Musse NS,Albanesi Filho FM,Barbosa EC,Ginefra P

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous intervention in patients with bioprosthetic mitral valve dysfunction is an alternative to conventional surgical treatment. OBJECTIVES:To report the first Brazilian experience with transseptal transcatheter bioprosthetic mitral valve-in-valve implantation (transseptal-TMVIV). METHODS:Patients w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nicz PFG,Melo PHMC,Brito PHF,Lima EN,Silva RCE,Prudente ML,Fernandes FH,Deininger MO,Lopes MACQ,Petrucci FS,Reis Filho FR,Marino MA,Bernardes RC,Melo EP,Oliveira MAP,Mangione JA,Mangione FM,Falcão CHE,Martins ECC,Lu

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:A 43 year old man was admitted to the hospital due to a syncopal episode and presented on the electrocardiogram a pattern of right bundle branch block (RBBB) associated with ST segment elevation from V1 to V4 and normal QT interval. Acute myocardial infarction was suspected but was not confirmed by laboratorial findin...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Villacorta H,Faig Torres RA,Ribeiro Simões de Castro I,Lambert H,de Araujo Gonzales Alonso R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study if dopamine in dopaminergic doses (1.5 and 4.0 micrograms/kg/min) had some effect on the pulmonary vasoconstriction mechanism, and if in those doses the drug had some action on systemic and pulmonary hemodynamic variables, as well as in the pulmonary gas exchange. METHODS:Seventeen normal mongrel dogs...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Araújo FG,Romaldini H,Bogossian M,Afonso JE,Uehara C

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：: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

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of death in developed countries as well as in developing countries. In general, the clinical manifestations of CVD, such as myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, are caused by an atherosclerotic process with onset as from the middle age. However,...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Santos MG,Pegoraro M,Sandrini F,Macuco EC

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Behavioral scientists consistently point out that knowledge does not influence decisions as expected. GRACE Score is a well validated risk model for predicting death of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). However, whether prognostic assessment by this Score modulates medical decision is not known. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Carvalhal MC,Souza TMB,Suerdieck J,Lopes F,Correia VCA,Lacerda YF,Sá N,Sodré GS,Rabelo MMN,Correia LCL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death in our population. There was a progressive decrease in mortality due to CVD up to 2005. OBJECTIVE:To update the trends in mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Brazil and in the metropolitan region of São Paulo (MRSP) from 1990 to 2009. METH...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mansur Ade P,Favarato D

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), interstitial myocardial fibrosis is an important histological modification that has been associated with sudden death and evolution toward myocardial dilation. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the prognostic value of the collagen volume fraction in HCM. METHODS:An e...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Arteaga E,de Araújo AQ,Bernstein M,Ramires FJ,Ianni BM,Fernandes F,Mady C

更新日期：2009-03-01 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 the results with the use of an automatic antitachycardia pacemaker in patients with refractory paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nine patients aged 32 to 63 years with symptoms from 2 to more than 40 years and prophylactic treatment with several antiarrhythmic drugs that...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Sant'Anna JR,Medeiros C,Halperin C,Lucchese F,Kalil R,Prates P,Nonohay N,Nesralla I

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：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:Knowledge about the disease itself can be important for self-care in patients with several problems and comprehends information about the diagnosis up to the most important clinical implications. OBJECTIVE:To identify the level of knowledge of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) abo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Campos EFL,Perin L,Assmann M,Lucchese F,Pellanda LC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a well established procedure with current precise indications. The advent and spread of this technique was possible after the introduction of the coronary angiogram. Although many evaluation methods have been developed in the past years, to date, none have been able to replace th...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gaia DF,Palma JH,Branco JN,Teles CA,Catani R,Buffolo E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To relate our experience with thrombolytic therapy in 8 patients with cardiac metal prosthesis complicated with thrombosis. METHODS:Eight patients with clinical and echocardiographic diagnosis of cardiac valvar prosthesis thrombosis were treated. RESULTS:The treatment efficacy was evaluated by clinical and ec...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Campagnucci VP,Suzuki HY,Franken RA,Rivetti LA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple arterial anomalies characterized by tortuosity and rolling of the pulmonary arteries and aorta were diagnosed on echocardiography in an asymptomatic newborn infant with a phenotype suggesting Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. These changes were later confirmed on angiography, which also showed peripheral vascular abnor...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Rivera IR,Gomes L,Moisés VA,Silva CC,Andrade JL,Carvalho AC

更新日期：2000-08-01 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:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease (CHD), and IL-6 expression has associated with reduced DNA methylation of its gene promoter. However, there are no data on IL-6 promoter methylation and the risk of CHD. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether IL-6 promoter methylation me...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Zuo HP,Guo YY,Che L,Wu XZ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65 year-old white man, with typical angina pectoris, underwent coronary angiography that showed dual left anterior descending artery (LAD), originating from the right coronary artery (RCA), associated with anomalous origin of the left circumflex artery (LCX) also from the RCA. This an extremely rare coronary artery ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bastos Lde C,Ariê S,Martins JF,de Almeida RS,Jorge AC,Kahrbek T,Ferreira VL,Pereira FL

更新日期：1996-12-01 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