New percutaneous techniques for perforating the pulmonary valve in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.

abstract：:This is the report of a 74-year-old female patient with a history of systemic hypertension and peripheral vascular disease who presented acute coronary syndrome symptoms. Coronary angiography showed coronary arteries with no significant obstructions. Ventriculography and echocardiography showed akinesia in mid and api...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Alves AA,Kowatsch I,Tsutsui JM,Nicolau JC,Lima MF,Mathias W Jr

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the pattern of occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in a female nursing staff of an emergency hospital. METHODS:We carried out a cross-sectional study that included interviews and blood pressure measurements of 494 nursing professionals at an emergency hospital in the city of Salvad...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Aquino EM,Magalhães LB,Araújo MJ,Almeida MC,Leto JP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on hypermobility have aroused great interest in the last decades, as they are associated to musculoskeletal disorders, as well as abnormalities in several organic systems, such as the mitral valve prolapse. Therefore, in this study, data on the association between joint hypermobility and the mitral valve prola...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cavenaghi S,Marino LH,Oliveira PP,Lamari NM

更新日期：2009-09-01 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

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：:We report the case of a 3-year-old female patient, who, since birth, had cyanosis difficult to explain with usual diagnostic tests. The only findings on physical examination were cyanosis and clubbing of her fingers. Chest computerized tomography showed images of excessive attenuation in the right lung, which resemble...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gianisella RB,Rossi Filho RI,Zielinsky P

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：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：:Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac disorder. It is more frequently a congenital, but it may also be an acquired condition. Takayasu's disease is an extremely rare cause of this disorder. Most cases of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm are asymptomatic. Compression of the left coronary artery is an unusua...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Dias RR,Camurça FD,Leite Filho OA,Stolf NA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When the Japanese immigrated to the Americas, they were subjected to Westernization, with a great change in lifestyle, specially in dietary habits, and this may explain the increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM), metabolic syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular disease among them. OBJECTIVE:To study ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Brollo L,Bombig MT,Mazzaro Cdo L,Francisco YA,Fonseca FA,Carvalho AC,Harima H,Hirai A,Povoa R

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common cancer type in the male sex after skin cancer. Among the several types of treatment for prostate cancer, the androgen deprivation therapy has been highly recommended in patients with metastatic or locally advanced disease, which probably results in increased survival. However...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ribeiro AF,Camara C,Segre CA,Srougi M,Serrano CV Jr

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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：:We report a case of dobutamine stress echocardiography-induced Takotsubo syndrome in a 76-year-old hypertensive patient with clinical complaints of chest pain in an elective visit to the cardiologist. Dobutamine-stress-echocardiography was requested to rule out chest pain of coronary origin. During the test, at peak e...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vasconcelos Filho FJ,Gomes CA,Queiroz OA,Barreto JE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that prehospital thrombolysis improves the outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at comparing the cost-effectiveness of prehospital compared to inhospital thrombolysis for STEMI from the National Health System perspective. METHODS:A decision-ana...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Araújo DV,Tura BR,Brasileiro AL,Luz Neto H,Pavão AL,Teich V

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are lipid lowering agents that promote their effects on plasma lipids through the inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase, a crucial enzyme in the cascade of cholesterol synthesis, leading to reduction of tissue cholesterol pool and consequently, to an upregulation of the LDL receptor expression. There are considerabl...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fonseca FA

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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：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:Data from over 4 decades have reported a higher incidence of silent infarction among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), but recent publications have shown conflicting results regarding the correlation between DM and presence of pain in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). OBJECTIVE:Our primary o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nicolau JC,Barbosa CJ,Franci A,Baracioli LM,Franken M,Lima FG,Giraldez RR,Kalil Filho R,Ramires JA,Giugliano RP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being relatively recent, a growing and significant accumulation of experimental and clinical evidence has been observed that points to a gradual state of immune-inflammatory activation in patients with heart failure (HF). High levels of several cytokines are found in the circulation and cardiac muscle of indiv...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Candia AM,Villacorta H Jr,Mesquita ET

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease previously undergoing percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. She presented symptomatic advanced atrioventricular block of non-reversible cause and manifest in the third trimester of gestation. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Esper RB,Furtado RH,Tarasoutchi F,Spina GS,Grinberg M,Avila WS

更新日期：2009-05-01 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: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：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 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 Walking Estimated-Limitation Calculated by History (WELCH) questionnaire has been proposed to evaluate walking impairment in patients with intermittent claudication (IC), presenting satisfactory psychometric properties. However, a Brazilian Portuguese version of the questionnaire is unavailable, limiting...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cucato GG,Correia Mde A,Farah BQ,Saes GF,Lima AH,Ritti-Dias RM,Wolosker N

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:In order to evaluate major Doppler-Echocardiographic parameters for the diagnosis of acute cardiac allograft rejection episodes a serial of 54 Doppler Echocardiograms were performed simultaneously with endomyocardial biopsy in five patients (mean age = 40.2 y/o). Measurements included: right and left chambers diameter...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Del Castillo JM,Marotta RH,Ortiz J,Matsumoto AY,Souza EL,Silva CE,Macruz R,Carvalho VB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00