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... Results – The sensitivity of helical computed tomo- graphy to the presence of significant obstructive lesions on coronary angiography was 87.5%, specificity was 100%, and negative and positive predictive values were ... See full document

... On the other hand, the significant differences in the anaerobic threshold between the mean values in group IA (with no electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes) and groups II ([r] ... See full document

... stent implantation strategy with balloon PTCA in non-AMI patients showing that 36% of patients randomized to the balloon obtained a final procedural stenosis diameter lower than 30%, an[r] ... See full document

... Even though the case reported here was a success, pregnancy following cardiac transplantation is considered a high-risk condi- tion and remains contraindicated.. Cardiac transplantation [r] ... See full document

... Without improvement in the pain, the patient deve- loped heart failure and underwent a hemodynamic study, which showed normal coronary arteries and extensive ventricular impairment.. Dur[r] ... See full document

... 7. Morgagni JB. De sedibus et causis morborum. Venetus Tom I, Epis 27, Art 28, 1761 citado por Ilia R, Goldfarb B, Gilutz H, Battler A. Aneurysm of the left main coro- nary artery: progression of dilatation with ... See full document

... Among the causes of myocardial infarction without coronary atherosclerosis, but with obstruction, we can cite the following diseases: Arteritis, such as the syphilitic arteritis, granulo[r] ... See full document

... Na Correlação Anatomoclínica publicada em Arq Bras Cardiol, vol 80 (nº 6), 643-8, 2003, as figuras dos eletrocardiogramas foram trocadas. Eis as corretas:[r] ... See full document

... The mean systolic pressure upon maximum exercise was lower in the patients using beta-blockers than in the other groups (p<0.05), the values being the following: 179±20mmHg for the be[r] ... See full document

... disease is strongly related to the aetiology of heart failure and cellular rejection. Halle AA, Disciascio G, Massin EK, et al. Coronary angioplasty, atherectomy and bypass surgery in ca[r] ... See full document

... Because of the severe implications and because no studies involving the clinical significance of the in-hospital reocclusion after direct mechanical reperfusion and PTCA have been publis[r] ... See full document

... used the criteria of SLEDAI (Systemic Lupus Erythema- tosus Disease Activity Index) 22.. All patients studied had at.[r] ... See full document

... Force-length relationship of cardiac muscle and the association of cross bridges with actin - When cardiac muscle is lengthened at the ascending limb of the force-len- gth relationship, [r] ... See full document

... excellent evolution of patients with severe aortic regurgita- tion, as long as normal ventricular function was present, emphasizes the finding that the on-set of left ventricular dysfunc[r] ... See full document

... To select the most important variables for assessing the probability of death, we used multivariate analysis, whi- ch identified the following preoperative risk factors (Table III): fema[r] ... See full document

... The role of b-adrenergic blocking drugs in reducing morbidity and mortality in heart failure patients with functional class II and III has been consistently demonstra- ted recently in ma[r] ... See full document

... 2) Clinical cases - Four clinical cases were proposed to assess the knowledge of each physician regarding the recommendations of the II Brazilian Guidelines Conference on Dyslipidemias, [r] ... See full document

... 29. Blowey DL, McFarland K, Alon U, McGrow-Houchens M, Hellerstein S, Warady BA. Peritoneal dialysis in the neonatal period; outcome data. J Perinatol 1993; 13: 59-64. 30. Tavares RS, Vidonho Jr AF, Noronha IL, Quintaes ... See full document

... tution showed that 30% of the patients with type A dissec- tion died before surgical treatment. The pathophysiology of aortic dissection involves the presence of degeneration of the arterial tunica media. Approximately ... See full document

... risk factors: the extension of the coronary artery disease, wi- th involvement of three or more arteries; the extension of previous myocardial infarction reflected in the patient’s cli- [r] ... See full document