abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess balloon atrial septostomy monitored with echocardiography. METHODS:From August 1997 to January 2004, 31 infants with congenital heart diseases indicated for balloon atrial septostomy underwent the procedure with exclusive echocardiographic monitoring. Success was defined as the obtainment of an atr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Marchi CH,Godoy MF,Santos MA,Moscardini AC,Hassen Sobrinho S,Croti UA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and traditional risk factors in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing evaluation for inclusion on the renal transplantation list. METHODS:One hundred ninety-five patients with dialytic chronic renal failure underwent clinical evaluation and...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Gowdak LH,Paula FJ,Giorgi DM,Vieira ML,Krieger EM,Lima JJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1R) gene with acute myocardial infarction and also with the severity of coronary artery disease. METHODS:A prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out with 110 patients with acute myocardial infarction, who, ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Araújo MA,Menezes BS,Lourenço C,Cordeiro ER,Gatti RR,Goulart LR

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：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：:Ebstein's anomaly, although the most common malformation of the tricuspid valve, is a rare disease. Its association with other syndromes and extracardiac anomalies is very rare and has been reported in only a few cases. A case of prenatal diagnosis of Ebstein's anomaly in a patient with Down's syndrome is reported. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Leite Mde F,Gianisella RB,Zielinsky P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between the evolution of cognitive performance and the prognosis of elderly patients after compensation of advanced heart failure. METHODS:Thirty-one patients older than 64 (68 +/- 7) years and admitted with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure and ejection fraction = 0.45...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ochiai ME,Franco LL,Gebara OC,Nussbacher A,Serro-Azul JB,Pierri H,Rays J,Barretto AC,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare blood pressure, lipid profile, food intake, and anthropometric data of adolescents with or without a familial history of hypertension. METHODS:Forty-three adolescents from both sexes were assessed, with ages ranging from 11 to 18 years old. Twenty had hypertensive parents, and 23 had normotensive ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Elias MC,Bolívar MS,Fonseca FA,Martinez TL,Angelini J,Ferreira C,Kasinski N,de Paola AA,Carvalho AC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in employees of the research center at Petrobras. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study, employees of the research center at Petrobras were assessed clinically and by laboratory testing from March 2000 and February 2001. Those who did not a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Matos Mde F,Souza e Silva NA,Pimenta AJ,da Cunha AJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the in-hospital results and clinical follow-up of young patients (< 50 years) with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing stent implantation in native coronary arteries and to compare their results with those of patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. METHODS:We retrospectively...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Anello AL,Moscoso I,Tófano RJ,Salman AA,Cristóvão SA,Mauro MF,Batista de O Neto J,Mangione JA

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：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：:A 61 year-old Chagasic woman, with previous left ventricular systolic disfunction, ventricular tachychardia and cardiac pacemaker, presented cardiac arrest in asystolia after surgical ressection of apical aneurysm. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Franco FG,Moffa PJ,Higuchi Mde L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of cocaine. METHODS:In 8 dogs (9-13 kg), electrophysiologic parameters and programmed stimulation were undertaken using transvenous catheters at baseline, and after cocaine intravenous infusion (12 mg/kg bolus followed by 0.22 mg/kg/min for 25 minutes). ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fenelon G,Uchoa J,Otobone JR,Reis M,do Amaral JL,de Paola AA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the factors associated with the risk of in-hospital death in acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian public health system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS:Sectional study of a sample with 391 randomly drawn medical records of the hospitalizations due to acute myocardial infarction recorded in...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Escosteguy CC,Portela MC,Medronho Rde A,de Vasconcellos MT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient is a male with risk factors for coronary artery disease, who was referred for cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction in the inferior wall. The patient underwent transluminal coronary angioplasty in the right coronary artery with successful stent implantation. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： da L V Siqueira L,Bueno RR,Guérios EE,de Andrade PM,Nercolini DC,Negrão SW,Pacheco AL,Tarastchuck JC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the effects of losartan and PD 123319 (antagonists of the AT1 and AT2 angiotensin receptors, respectively), and [Sar1, Ala8] ANG II (a relatively peptide antagonist of angiotensin receptors) injected into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) on water and 3% NaCl intake, and the diuretic, natriureti...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Saad WA,Camargo LA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the frequency and prevalence of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care center for children with heart diseases. METHODS:We carried out an epidemiological assessment of the first medical visit of 4,538 children in a pediatric hospital from January 1995 to December 1997. All patients with conge...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Miyague NI,Cardoso SM,Meyer F,Ultramari FT,Araújo FH,Rozkowisk I,Toschi AP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of nutritional attention on the lipid profile and nutritional status of hypercholesterolemic patients attended in health centers of Belo Horizonte. METHODS:Using nutritional attendance patient record cards from two health units, the evolution of the lipid profile and the nutritional stat...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Batista Mda C,Franceschini Sdo C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the utility of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients presenting with dyspnea to an emergency department (ED). METHODS:Seventy patients presenting with dyspnea to an ED from April to July 2001 were included in the study. Mean age was 72+/-...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Villacorta H,Duarte A,Duarte NM,Carrano A,Mesquita ET,Dohmann HJ,Ferreira FE

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between P-wave and QT dispersions in elderly patients with heart failure. METHODS:Forty-seven elderly patients (75.6+/-6 years) with stable heart failure in NYHA functional classes II or III and with ejection fractions of 37+/-6% underwent body surface mapping to analyze P-wave and QT ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Szlejf C,Rays J,Gebara OC,Vieira NW,Pierri H,Nussbacher A,Serro-Azul JB,Samesima N,Pastore CA,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) have been associated with thrombosis, recurrent abortion, and thrombocytopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but their relationship with cardiac disease is less clear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association betw...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Falcao CA,Alves IC,Chahade WH,Duarte AL,Lucena-Silva N

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of hyperhomocystinemia in patients with acute ischemic syndrome of the unstable angina type. METHODS:We prospectively studied 46 patients (24 females) with unstable angina and 46 control patients (19 males), paired by sex and age, blinded to the laboratory data. Details of diets, ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Tavares JR,D'Almeida V,Diniz DC,Terzi CA,Cruz EN,Stefanini E,Andriollo A,Paola AA,Carvalho AC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate cardiac arrhythmias during and after pregnancy in women with Chagas' disease without apparent heart disease using dynamic electrocardiography. METHODS:Twenty pregnant women with Chagas' disease without apparent heart disease aged 19 to 42 years (26.96 +/- 3.6) and a control group of 20 non-chagas...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Acha RE,Rezende MT,Guzman Heredia RA,Silva AC,Rezende ES,Souza CA

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Atrial aneurysms involving the free wall or atrial appendage are rare entities in cardiology practice and may be associated with atrial arrhythmias or embolic phenomena. We review the literature and report a case of aneurysm of the right atrial appendage in a young adult, whose diagnosis was established with echocardi...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Barberato SH,Barberato MF,Avila BM,Perretto S,Blume Ld Ldo R,Chamma Neto M

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the benefit resulting from the use of abciximab associated with primary angioplasty. The following parameters were analyzed in-hospital, at 30 days, and 6 months: (a) flow in the culprit artery; (b) ventricular function; (c) combined outcome of death, acute myocardial infarction, and additional reva...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Brito ML,Souza Filho NF,Moura V AV,Lavalle LA,Darwich RZ,Leal M,Munhoz EC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This analysis was undertaken to determine the composite incidence of cumulative adverse events (death, reinfarction, disabling stroke, and target vessel revascularization) at the end of the first year after acute myocardial infarction, in diabetic patients who underwent coronary stenting or primary coronary b...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Mattos LA,Grines CL,Sousa JE,Sousa AG,Stone GW,Cox D,Garcia E,Morice MC,O'Neill W,Grines L,Boura J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report new percutaneous techniques for perforating the pulmonary valve in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, in 3 newborns who had this birth defect. There was mild to moderate hypoplastic right ventricle, a patent infundibulum, and no coronary-cavitary communications. We succeeded in all cases, and ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Pedra CA,de Sousa LN,Pedra SR,Ferreira WP,Braga SL,Esteves CA,Santana MV,Sousa JE,Fontes VF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that short periods of ischemia may increase the myocardial protection obtained with intermittent crossclamping of the aorta. METHODS:In the control group (18 patients), surgery was performed with systemic hypothermia at 32 degrees C and intermittent crossclamping of the aorta. Extracor...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fernandes PM,Jatene FB,Gentil AF,Coelho FF,Kwasnicka K,Stolf NA,de Oliveira SA

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:We report the case of an 8-month-old female infant with Uhl's anomaly, who underwent successful cardiac transplantation. The clinical findings, complementary laboratory tests, anatomic findings, and differential diagnosis of the anomaly are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Ikari NM,Azeka E,Aiello VD,Atik E,Barbero-Marcial M,Ebaid M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the prevalence of systemic hypertension in two different populations: a representative sample of the adult urban population of Porto Alegre, and individuals who sought blood pressure measurement in a hypertension prevention and control campaign. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out invo...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Fuchs SC,Petter JG,Accordi MC,Zen VL,Pizzol AD Jr,Moreira LB,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antihypertensive therapy with thiazides decreases coronary events in elderly patients. However, the influence of diuretics on myocardial ischemia has not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of chlorthalidone and diltiazem on myocardial ischemia. METHODS:Following a random...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

authors： Serro-Azul JB,de Paula RS,Gruppi C,Pinto L,Pierri H,Nussbacher A,Gebara O,Moffa P,Pereira-Barreto AC,Wajngarten M

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：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：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