[PDF] Top 20 Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.90 número3

... 10. Silva-Cardoso J, Ferreira J, Prazeres de Sá E, Martins de Campos J, Fonseca C, Lousada N, et al. Levosimendan in daily intensive care practice- the experienc e of 15 centres. Background, methods and organisation of ... See full document

... Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of levosimendan in a decompensated heart failure (DHF) Brazilian cohort, and in β -adrenergic agonist resistant patients.. Methods: The [r] ... See full document

... 9. Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M, Buxton AE, Chaitman B, Former M, et al. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: executive ... See full document

... In severe HF patients with restrictive left ventricular filling assessed both by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography of the mitral flow and simultaneous pulmonary artery catheterizati[r] ... See full document

... Bicuspid aortic valve may be related or not to valvular heart disease (25%) with a high risk of developing bacterial endocarditis; in addition, it may be associated with aorti[r] ... See full document

... Como o nosso paciente era portador de hipertensão arterial e também de AR, não se pode descartar que essas doenças possam ter contribuído para as alterações da parede da aorta, entret[r] ... See full document

... Other clinical characteristics significantly differed between these two groups: typically anginal chest pain and risk factors such as systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes and [r] ... See full document

... This diagnosis should be taken into account not only in the presence of known systemic disease, but also when considering causes of heart failure, even in patients without the classi[r] ... See full document

... The motivated student presented better theoretical and practical performance, however the financial subsidy, many times associated to the compulsory nature of the accomplishment [r] ... See full document

... LVO - left ventricular overload; RVO - right ventricular overload; RAO - right atrial overload; LAO - left atrial overload; LASDB - left anterior superior division block; RBBCA - right [r] ... See full document

... Guidance for post-AMI patients follows the American Heart Association recommendations, according to the patient’s clinical condition: a) Patients at low risk for cardiovascular disea[r] ... See full document

... The mean value of the greatest R-R interval produced by CSM in users of negative chronotropic drugs was greater than that in non-users of negative chronotropic drugs ( p <0[r] ... See full document

... 10. Silva-Cardoso J, Ferreira J, Prazeres de Sá E, Martins de Campos J, Fonseca C, Lousada N, et al. Levosimendan in daily intensive care practice- the experienc e of 15 centres. Background, methods and organisation of ... See full document

... No evident emotional stressor was identified in this particular patient, but the acute coronary syndrome clinical condition, coronariography pattern, ventriculography of segmental[r] ... See full document

... Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) tested the additional effect of amiodarone and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention of s[r] ... See full document

... 18. Yamada AT, Campos Neto GC, Soares Júnior J, Giorgi MCP, Araújo F, Meneghetti JC, et al. Diferenças relacionadas ao sexo nos volumes ventriculares e na fração de ejeção do ventrículo esquerdo estimados por ... See full document

... The present study showed that a large number of the elderly women that reported not undergoing lipid-lowering therapy had unsatisfactory levels of the lipid profile components, with 7[r] ... See full document

... For this, we used two AOD devices with BP measurements performed simultaneously, both on the upper limbs (ULs), in order to determine the limb with the higher systolic blood pressure [r] ... See full document

... Within this scope, IRB approval and informed consent must be mandatory when assessing new drugs, devices or invasive methods, but requirements for informed consent co[r] ... See full document

... Methods: Subjects were 308 patients (mean age 61.92±11.06 years, 60.7% of them men) who had undergone successful coronary angioplasties. Six months after the procedure, patients were contacted for clinical follow-up. ... See full document