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Considering the referential data mentioned above, after 18 years of operation, a healthcare service with surgical volume averaging 500 cases per year should reoperate 110 to

Patients underwent myocardial scintigraphy with I¹²³ MIBG to assess cardiac adrenergic innervation upon uptake of radiotracer, with study of the heart to mediastinum ratio (H/M)

In order to evaluate whether high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-cTnI) offers a similar or superior prognostic value compared to conventional troponin T (cTnT) in patients with

HF is associated with the structural parameter of left ventricular mass index and functional parameters, such as dyspnea on exertion, history of chest pain and lower values

Methods: Wistar rats with 10 weeks of age underwent a protocol of treadmill running until fatigue, and were divided into two groups: Low Performance (LP) and Standard

According to current guidelines of chronic heart failure, one must consider the performance of cardiac catheterization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction of unknown

instrument is a multidimensional questionnaire consisting of 36 items, comprehending 8 scales: functional capacity (10 items), physical aspects (4 items), pain (two items), general

Implicated in the regulation of gene expression during fetal development and in adult individuals 8,9 , many of these microRNAs increase or decrease in the heart in response to