Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome).

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：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 evaluate the efficiency of a non-surgical treatment of the femoral false aneurysm following cardiac catheterization using the color Doppler echocardiography monitorization. METHODS:From August 1993 to October 1996, 17 patients were evaluated by the color Doppler echocardiography, 7 women and 10 men, between...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Engelhorn CA,Picheth FS,Castro Júnior N,Dabul Júnior NM,Engelhorn AL,Casagrande C

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In clinical tests, the Informed Consent is critical to preserve the ethics, but due to its high complexity level, it cannot be fully understood. This study assesses the Informed Consent as viewed by patients. OBJECTIVE:We addressed the issue of what do patients understand about the studies based on the IC. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Meneguin S,Zoboli EL,Domingues RZ,Nobre MR,César LA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide (NO) has been largely associated with cardiovascular protection through improvement of endothelial function. Recently, new evidence about modulation of NO release by microRNAs (miRs) has been reported, which could be involved with statin-dependent pleiotropic effects, including anti-inflammatory...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cerda A,Fajardo CM,Basso RG,Hirata MH,Hirata RD

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine the rate of hypertensive patients with controlled BP (BP < 140 x 90 mmHg) and to study its relationship with regular attendance to ambulatory appointments. METHODS:A total of 245 medical records from patients followed up at the Unidade Clínica de Hipertensão Arterial (Clinical ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Coelho EB,Moysés Neto M,Palhares R,Cardoso MC,Geleilete TJ,Nobre F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the clinical pattern of subaortic stenosis associated with perimembranous ventricular septal defect. METHODS:From January 1979 to June 2000, 36 children with perimembranous ventricular septal defect and fixed subaortic stenosis were followed-up regarding anatomic characteristics, evolvement, and cli...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Horta Mda G,Faria CA,Rezende DF,Masci TL,Rabelo CC,Katina T,Oliveira Md,Oliveira LP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with Chagas cardiomyopathy that was submitted to a heart transplantation and five months later presented a progressive increase in liver enzymes. Diagnosis of chronic active hepatitis was confirmed by histopathologic studies. A transitory interruption of treatment with azathioprine and the posterior ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Carvalho VB,Fonseca FA,de Oliveira e Silva A,Molina FR,Santo GC,dos Santos TE,de Souza EF,Macruz R,Zerbini Ede J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the management of patients with ischemic heart disease being followed up in a general cardiology outpatient clinic with that of patients being followed up in an outpatient clinic specific for ischemic heart disease, emphasizing the lipid profile and the pharmacological treatment prescribed. METHOD...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Stein R,Alboim C,Campos C,Mello RB,Rosito GA,Polanczyk CA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is associated with cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at assessing whether chronic stress induces vascular alterations, and whether these modulations are nitric oxide (NO) and Ca(2+) dependent. METHODS:Wistar rats, 30 days of age, were separated into 2 groups: control (C) and Stress...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bruder-Nascimento T,Campos DH,Cicogna AC,Cordellini S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of 22 year-old male who developed coronary artery disease two years after orthotopic cardiac transplantation, manifested as congestive heart failure NYHA functional class III. The left ventricular radioisotopic evaluation at rest revealed worsening of left ventricular ejection fraction from 50% to 3...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bocchi EA,Vilas-Boas F,Pedrosa AA,Bacal F,Fiorelli A,Ariê S,Stolf N,Bellotti G,Jatene A,Pileggi F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of omega-3 fatty acid on endothelium-dependent relaxation, total plasma cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides levels as well as, the malondialdehyde (MDA) content of the LDL particles and arterial wall. METHODS:Fourteen male rabbits were randomly assigned to hyperc...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Jorge PA,Neyra LC,Ozaki RM,de Almeida E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess advanced heart failure (HF) treatment in relation to reduction of ventricular filling pressures, with the use of greater doses of vasodilators, through invasive hemodynamic monitoring. METHODS:Nineteen advanced HF patients were studied, in whom Swan-Ganz catheter was inserted to direct administrati...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Almeida Júnior GL,Esporcatte R,Rangel FO,Rocha RM,Gouvêa e Silva Gde M,Tura BR,Jorge JK,Drumond LE,Albanesi Filho FM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of this anomaly, in women (26 and 49 years old), with symptoms of short duration (4 and 3 months) of dysphagia, regurgitation and esophagitis, without loss of weight, are presented. In both, the final diagnosis was made by mean of thoracic aortogram. Esophagoscopy realized only in the first patient, demonstr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Cherri J,Carneiro JJ,Piccinato CE,Moryia T,Vicente WV,Sader AA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate both the frequency of myocardial infarction and coronary atherosclerosis as well as the pathology of the later in necropsied chronic chagasic individuals. METHODS:Systematized gross and light microscopy were performed in hearts, especially at the three main coronary arteries. Eighty-nine hearts wer...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Lopes ER,de Mesquita PM,de Mesquita LF,Chapadeiro E

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect the prevalence of systemic hypertension in children and to establish the relation between blood pressure levels and sex, age, ethnicity, weight, and height. METHODS:The prevalence of systemic hypertension and its relation to sex, age, ethnicity, weight, and height were studied in 611 students aged ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： de Rezende DF,Scarpelli RA,de Souza GF,da Costa JO,Scarpelli AM,Scarpelli PA,de Carvalho GB,D'Agostini HM,Pedrosa JC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of risk factors for postoperative complications in cardiac patients with surgical indication may influence the therapeutic decision. OBJECTIVE:To describe the experience of a Cardiology hospital in the validation and practical use of a preoperative risk score. METHODS:To validate TUMAN's...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Strabelli TM,Stolf NA,Uip DE

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy improves left ventricular (LV) parameters of hypertensive target-organ damage in stage II hypertension, but whether there is a drug-class difference in echocardiographic parameters in stage I hypertension patients is less often studied. In the PREVER treatment study, where individu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Bertoluci C,Foppa M,Santos ABS,Fuchs SC,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three infants with anomalous origin of left coronary artery, being two from the right pulmonary artery and one from the left, without other congenital defects, ages of 5, 15 and 3 months old, presented with early congestive heart failure due to anterolateral myocardial infarction. Anatomical characteristic was peculia...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Atik E,Marcial MB,Ikari NM,Kajita L,Machado D,Ebaid M,Jatene A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is considered the gold-standard method for the calculation of cardiac volumes. Transthoracic impedance cardiography assesses the cardiac output. No studies validating this measurement, in comparison to that obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, are available. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Villacorta Junior H,Villacorta AS,Amador F,Hadlich M,Albuquerque DC,Azevedo CF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is few data evaluating the prevalence and influence of adverse psychological characteristics on the prognosis of individuals submitted to percutaneous coronary interventions. No study has addressed this issue in Brazil. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, psychological stre...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Schmidt MM,Quadros AS,Abelin AP,Minozzo EL,Wottrich SH,Kunert HZ,Vigueras ES,Ruschel PP,Sarmento-Leite R,Gottschall CA

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness of acute ischemic preconditioning (IP), based on somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) monitoring, as a method of spinal cord protection and to asses SSEP importance in spinal cord neuromonitoring. METHODS:Twenty-eight dogs were submitted to spinal cord ischemic injury attaine...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mônaco BA,Benício A,Contreras IS,Mingrone LE,Ballester G,Moreira LF

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the anti-hypertensive effect of verapamil COER-24 180/240 mg in a single dose at bedtime as single therapy in mild to moderate hypertensives. METHODS:A multicentric, open, placebo controlled study of 81 hypertensive patients older than 20 years-old followed to 8 weeks. Blood pressure was measured...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ortega KC,Santello JL,Nobre F,Kohlman Júnior O,Jardim PC,da Costa LS,Rosito GA,Raposo Filho JJ,Oigman W,Mion Júnior D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the presence of risk factors (RF) for coronary disease in a group of university students (US). METHODS:We studied 123 US, 88 (71.55%) females, mean age 21 +/- 3.52 years, submitted to questionary, interview, physical examination and serum analises. Eighty six women informed about oral contraceptive...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Romagna Cavalheiro PT,da Rosa EM,Vargas Avila AO

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background::The endothelium is a monolayer of cells that extends on the vascular inner surface, responsible for the modulation of vascular tone. By means of the release of nitric oxide (NO), the endothelium has an important protective function against cardiovascular diseases. Objective::Verify if cis- [Ru(bpy)2(NO2)(N...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Vatanabe IP,Rodrigues CNDS,Buzinari TC,Moraes TF,Silva RSD,Rodrigues GJ

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the characteristics of the patients receiving medical care in the Ambulatory of Hypertension of the Emergency Department, Division of Cardiology, and in the Emergency Unit of the Clinical Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School. METHODS:Using a protocol, we compared the care of the same hyp...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Nobre F,Chauchar F,Viana JM,Pereira GJ,Lima NK

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Case report on a 6-year-old patient with vascular ring, due to double aortic arch. The patient was asymptomatic. The barium-filled esophagus showed bilateral indentations and a large posterior indentation. Echocardiographic study in notch suprasternal view revealed features of this pathology. The diagnosis was made by...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Jacob JL,Machado NC,Coelho WM,Lorga AM,Garzon SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00