abstract：PURPOSE:To analyse the actual contribution of digital angiography in the angioplasty setting and to assess its utility to optimize angioplasty results. METHODS:One hundred patients with single vessel coronary artery disease, without previous angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery, who underwent angioplast...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

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

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To show the author's experience with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with prior coronary bypass surgery. METHODS:Between January 1989 and January 1991, 629 PTCA in 572 patients were performed. Forty-eight had previous revascularization surgery with interval range of 4 days to ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Greguolo C,dos Santos JL,Ayres Neto Ede M,Netto LA,Muniz LE,Lopes SB,Freitas Ode C,Isaac HJ,Teno LA,de Camargo NP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old woman developed myocardial infarction associated with acute pulmonary edema. The electrocardiogram recorded QRS complex of QS type in V1 with upper ST extending from V3R to V6R. The polarity of the P wave in bipolar leads was positive, so compatible with dextrorotation complicated by myocardial infarctio...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Albanesi Filho FM,Ginefra P,Magalhães ME,de Albuquerque DC

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the clinical results after angioplasty in the native coronary vessels in patients who had undergone previous coronary artery surgery. METHODS:From June 1987 to July 1990, 69 patients with previous coronary artery surgery underwent coronary angioplasty in the native arteries. Age ranged from 31 to 8...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimentel Filho WA,Ascer E,Büchler JR,Assis SF,Hirschfeld R,Neves M,Araújo EC,Pinheiro LF,Souza JA,De Carvalho VB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 19-year-old young man with clinical picture of congestive heart failure and supraventricular tachycardia is reported. Heart failure got better with conventional treatment, but the tachycardia persisted in spite of antiarrhythmic drugs. Echocardiogram showed dilated cardiomyopathy of important degree and ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Afonso MR,França HH

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the nitroglycerin patches efficacy and tolerability in patients with stable angina pectoris. METHODS:One thousand and five hundred and thirty nine patients with stable angina pectoris, mean age 61.0 +/- 10.3, 891 men and 648 women were prospectively evaluated by five hundred and thirty five special...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ramires JA,Ghorayeb N,Mansur AP,Batlouni M,Oliveira SF,da Luz PL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study anatomical limitation of coronary angioplasty, as alternative therapy in patients with multivessel disease and submitted to bypass surgery. METHODS:In 380 patients with multivessel disease and submitted to previous coronary bypass surgery, age ranged from 41 to 72 (average = 51) years, being 68% males...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pimentel Filho WA,Ascer E,Buchler JR,de Assis SF,Hirschfeld R,Soares Neto MM,Neves MF,Pinheiro LF,Araújo EC,Armelin E

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Two male black patients, 18 and 12-year-old, with mental retardation and typical elfin face, presented with severe supravalvular aortic stenosis, thus characterizing Williams's or aortic supravalvular stenosis syndrome. Both were submitted to surgical treatment of the stenosis, and are asymptomatic after a one and fou...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Benchimol CB,Araújo JO,Féres JG,Carvalho LA,Przytyk RN,Netto MS,Moll J,Gomes EF,Araújo Filho R,Saad E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old patient was evaluated for congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, suggesting mitral valve stenosis. A left atrial membrane with a 4 mm orifice was seen in echocardiography and angiography, and a diagnosis of cor triatriatum was made. The membrane was successfully removed by surgery. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Wüsthof AR,Sacomani CA,Rossetti FT,Benacchio M,Rivetti LA,Franken RA

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:To study mononuclear magnesium and serum cations (Na, K and Mg) in elderly hypertensive patients treated with hydrochlorothiazide during 90 days. PATIENTS AND METHODS:15 elderly hypertensive patients treated with hydrochlorothiazide, 25 mg/day or placebo. A method of freezing produced total lysis of the cells;...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Faintuch JJ,Azul JB,Wajngarten M,Rocha Ados S

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To study the predischarge exercise testing importance in determining prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Treadmill exercise testing was performed in 50 stable and without complications patients with AMI, just before hospital discharge; there were 43 men and 7 women, mean age...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Escosteguy CC,da Rocha MC,Moura MV,Carvalho Mde A

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：: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：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：:A healthy 44 year-old male patient presented a calcified mass in the middle mediastinum on a chest film. During diagnostic investigation cineangiograms showed a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva forming a large pseudoaneurysm that produced important distortion of the left coronary artery and it's main branches. Th...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barbosa V,Kopel L,Oliveira SA,Barretto AC,Mady C,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is unusual in acute myocardial infarction after left main coronary artery occlusion. We applied this therapy in two cases. The first, a 54-year-old man, submitted to mechanical reperfusion and left main coronary artery angioplasty 145 minutes after the beginning of the sy...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Napchan BP,Caramelli B,Tranchesi Júnior B,Arie S,De Oliveira SA,Bellotti G,Pileggi F

更新日期：1990-08-01 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：:A 57 year-old male patient developed cardiogenic shock after inferior wall myocardial infarction. Cinecoronariography demonstrated a critical distal lesion of the right coronary artery. Transluminal percutaneous coronary angioplasty was carried out four hours after onset of pain and thirty minutes after hospital admis...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Medeiros Filho H,de Medeiros Mde F,de Souza JB,Montenegro S,Mesquita E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous mitral and tricuspid balloon valvuloplasty was realized in the same procedure using a double lumen exchange catheter that could accommodate two guide wires and two balloons (19 mm and Trefoil 3 c 10 mm--Schneider) with simultaneous insufflation. Hemodynamically successful was accomplished as evidenced by ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Romão N,Prytzlik R,Salles Netto M,Berland J,Rocha P,Pessanha EA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central vein cannulation is used as routine for long-time treatment in paediatric intensive care units. The Sylastic catheter is now a days the most common used because of its non-thrombogenic effect. However, in the case here reported, fragmentation during its removal occurred in a eleven month baby. Non surgical rem...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Piccioni JL,Arie S,Albuquerque AM,Grinberg M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study concerns a 44 year-old male patient with a history of intermittent episodes of rheumatic activity; the physical examination showed mitral valve stenosis and metacarpophalangeal joint deformities. The joint deformities were bilateral and symmetrical, similar to that of rheumatoid arthritis. Nevertheless, the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： João SR,Afonso MR,Martins Júnior L,Almeida Júnior BN,Simões RP,França HH

更新日期：1989-10-01 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

abstract：:For purposes of studying left ventricular mechanics, 184 chronic chagasic and 85 primary cardiomyopathy patients were submitted to an extensive invasive (LV cine, right and left cardiac catheterization and coronarography) and non-invasive protocol. The afterload, (mean wall stress), the contractile status (ejection fr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Guerrero L,Carrasco H,Parada H,Molina C,Chuecos R

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：:Anticoagulation is the chief problem during pregnancy of women with mechanical prosthetic valves. Many studies have investigated a nonthrombogenic valve. Since 1978 we have used a biological porcine prosthetic valves in 16 pregnancies, 11 patients with regular clinical electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and chest...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Kadri T,Franken RA,Rivetti LA,Tedesco JJ,Suelotto RR,Santos RG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 20 patients undergoing cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation using a protocol proposed by Bull for the control of heparinization using the activated coagulation time of whole blood proposed by Hattersley. The patients, alterations in the coagulation and in red cell values were evaluated c...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Daudt CA,Pereira SN,Moraes LB,Costa PS,Deboni LM,Figueiredo MS

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32 year old female patient, documented clinically and echocardiographically to have a competent prolapse of the mitral valve (MVP), developed a sudden ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA), suggestive of embolism. There were no predisposing factors to cerebrovascular disease, except for past use of contraceptive p...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Marques PR,Oliveira Júnior W,Pereira R,de Sá DT,Calado I,Santos FL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00