Establishing the prevalence of hypertension. Influence of sampling criteria.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in adults, and is encountered in 10-15% of the patients with hyperthyroidism. Unless euthyroidism is restored, pharmacological or electrical cardioversion is controversial in patients with AF who remain hyperthyroid. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gürdoğan M,Ari H,Tenekecioğlu E,Ari S,Bozat T,Koca V,Melek M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk stratification of a syncopal episode is necessary to better differentiate patients needing hospitalization of those who can be safely set home from the emergency department. Currently there are no strict guidelines from our Brazilian medical societies to guide the cardiologist that evaluate patients in ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fischer LM,Dutra JP,Mantovani A,Lima GG,Leiria TL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical and epidemiological studies have demonstrated a strong association between eating habits and chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular events, although not all the mechanisms of action are understood. OBJECTIVE:To describe and analyze the cardiovascular risk (CVR) in vegetarians and omnivores r...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Teixeira Rde C,Molina Mdel C,Zandonade E,Mill JG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of vaccination against the influenza virus on the mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the mortality by CVD before and after the start of the vaccination against the Influenza virus in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS:We analyzed the mo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mansur Ade P,Favarato D,Ramires JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known, especially in our country, about the influence of health insurance plans on the long term outcome of patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). OBJECTIVE:To assess the outcome of patients with AMI who are covered by the National Health System (SUS) or other health insurance plans. M...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nicolau JC,Baracioli LM,Serrano CV Jr,Giraldez RR,Kalil Filho R,Lima FG,Franken M,Ganem F,Lage RL,Truffa R

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Changes in the behavior of the circadian rhythm can be deleterious, leading to target-organ damage, which suggests that they can have a prognostic significance and, eventually, can also demand therapeutic intervention. OBJECTIVE:To describe and compare the circadian rhythms of blood pressure (BP) in normote...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Hekman PR,Barbisan JN,Menezes HS,Antonello V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk scores for cardiac surgery cannot continue to be neglected. OBJECTIVE:To assess the performance of "Age, Creatinine and Ejection Fraction Score" (ACEF Score) to predict mortality in patients submitted to elective coronary artery bypass graft and/or heart valve surgery, and to compare it to other scores...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mejía OA,Matrangolo BL,Titinger DP,Faria LB,Dallan LR,Galas FR,Lisboa LA,Dallan LA,Jatene FB

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary embolism is associated with high mortality in patients with hypotension or circulatory shock. However, the association between some clinical variables and mortality is still unclear in hemodynamically stable patients. OBJECTIVES:To derive an in-hospital mortality risk stratification model in hemod...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Volschan A,Albuquerque D,Tura BR,Knibel M,Esteves JP,Bodanese LC,Silveira F,Pantoja J,Souza PC,Mansur J,Mesquita ET,EMEP (Estudo Multicêntrico de Embolia Pulmonar) investigators.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the hemiparesis, the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness on individuals after cerebrovascular accident (CVA), using exercise tests with conventional protocols, has become a challenge. OBJECTIVE:Perform cardiopulmonary test (CPT) in hemiparetic patients to a pre-participation evaluation aimed at a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ovando AC,Michaelsen SM,Carvalho Td,Herber V

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the radial approach offers an unquestionable result in terms of reduction of vascular complications and occurrence of severe bleeding in comparison to the femoral approach, so far it has only been used in few centers which elected it as the preferential access. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the current sta...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Andrade PB,Tebet MA,Andrade MV,Labrunie A,Mattos LA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Heart rate recovery after treadmill electrocardiographic exercise stress test is modulated by the autonomic nervous system. Analysis of heart rate variability can provide useful information about autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis of ass...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Antelmi I,Chuang EY,Grupi CJ,Latorre Mdo R,Mansur AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether procedures adopted by Brazilian physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension are in compliance with those advocated by the IV Brazilian Hypertension Guidelines. METHOD:Survey carried out by means of telephone interviews with Brazilian physicians. The survey featured applicati...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mion D Jr,da Silva GV,de Gusmão JL,Machado CA,Amodeo C,Nobre F,Praxedes JN,Mota MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the electrophysiological effects of intravenous propafenone in the anterograde and retrograde effective refractory period of the accessory pathways (AP), in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. METHODS:Forty symptomatic patients were studied. All patients were undergone to electrophysiolog...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Maia IG,Cruz Filho F,Fagundes ML,Loyola LH,Pimenta J,Lorga AM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure by the video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). METHODS:The technique was utilized in 6 newborn lambs firstly. Three to four small incisions (3 to 10mm) were used in each animal to permit the introduction of lung re...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Jatene FB,Assad RS,Pêgo-Fernandes P,Jatene MB,Monteiro R,Aiello VD,Rocha e Silva R,Barbero-Marcial M,Jatene AD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constrictive chronic pericarditis in a 13-year-old male patient was previously treated as chronic hepatitis for seven years, with the use of furosemide and spironolactone. Investigation for diagnosis included chest radiography, echo-doppler-cardiography, thoracocentesis with pleural biopsy and computerized tomography ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mustafá RM,Braile DM,Greco OT,dos Santos JL,Ardito RV,Thevenard R

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of dyslipidemias in adults in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, and to identify its relation to risk factors. METHODS:Cross-sectional, population-based, observational study with sampling through conglomerates and stratified according to s...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Souza LJ,Souto Filho JT,de Souza TF,Reis AF,Gicovate Neto C,Bastos DA,Côrtes VA,Chalita FE,Teixeira CL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyse the performance of the artificial cardiac stimulation with the VVIR pacemaker whose sensor is adjusted by the variations of the autonomic nervous system in Chagas disease patients with deficiency of the conduction system. METHODS:Forty-seven Chagas disease patients have been studied, 28 male between...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Greco OT,Ardito RV,Souza DR,Schaldach M

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Today, chronic kidney diseases represent a great challenge to public health as regards the acquisition of knowledge to support interventions that can slow the progression of renal function loss. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the magnitude of the renal function deficit in hypertensive adult patients and its relations...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Braga FL,Arruda IK,Diniz Ada S,Cabral PC,Lemos Mda C,Braga MD,Chaves Hde C Jr

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Extensive and severe myocardial lesions are reported in a patient who died due to snakebite (Crotalus Durissus Terrificus). These lesions are documented by clinical, electrocardiographic, enzymatic and histological evidences. The main pathological features are represented by sarcoplasmatic vacuoles, densely clumped my...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Siqueira JE,Higuchi Mde L,Nabut N,Lose A,Souza JK,Nakashima M

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional right ventricular stimulation can be associated with deleterious effects on cardiac function. The need for a more physiological artificial cardiac stimulation is undoubtedly one of the most important points in the area of cardiac electrotherapy. The programming algorithms for the maintenance of adequa...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Silva Júnior Od,Melo CS,Marra M,Correia D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Betablockers are used in the treatment of angina pectoris and others ischemic coronary diseases, reducing mortality and cardiovascular events. Atenolol is a hydrophilic betablocker which is characterized by gastrointestinal absorption, small extent of distribution and renal function-dependent elimination. O...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Leite Fda S,dos Santos LM,Bonafé WW,Chignalia AZ,Carmona MJ,Suyama MJ,Malbouisson LM,Auler JO Jr,Santos SR

更新日期：2007-06-01 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